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## Mūlagunādhikāra 1.
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**28.** The shedding of the body, with the contemplation of the fourfold virtues of compassion, forgiveness, right faith, and infinite knowledge, etc., while renouncing attachment to the body, is called *kāyoatsarga*, when expressed in terms of twenty-five, twenty-seven, or one hundred and eight breaths, etc., as the measure of time.
**29.** Further, the nature of *keshaloncha* is described:
* *Biya tiyacharakkamase locho ukkassamajjhimajahaṇṇo. Sapadhikkamaṇe divasē uvavasēṇēva kāyavvo.*
* *Dvitrichatushkamase locah utkrishtmadhyamajaghanyaḥ. Sapratikramaṇe divasē upavasēnaiva kartavyah.*
**Meaning:** The act of shaving one's own head, beard, and mustache, with the practice of *pratikramaṇa* and fasting, on a day after two, three, or four months, in the form of excellent, medium, or inferior, is called the *loncha* mūlaguna.
**Meaning:** The monks do not possess even a single penny to pay for a barber, and they do not keep a razor, which is a weapon, because they understand that it causes violence. They also do not get their hair cut by others because they do not engage in begging. Therefore, they perform *keshaloncha* themselves, with *pratikramaṇa* and fasting, to renounce violence towards living beings like lice, fleas, etc. This is the *loncha* mūlaguna.
**30.** Further, the nature of *achelakapana* is described:
* *Vatthājina vakkeṇa ya ahava pattādina asanvaraṇam. Nigbhūsana niggantham achelakkaṁ jagadi pūjjam.*
* *Vastrājinavalkaiścha athavā patrādinā asanvaraṇam. Nirbhūṣaṇam nirgrathāṁ āchelakyaṁ jagati pūjyam.*