________________ 142 Siri Siriyalakaba "hymn or prayer' of the Lord Jina. Whil@ doing this prayer, one is to stop his body, mind and speech from all other actiyities, concentrating his attention upon the virtues of the Jina. St. 280. gfie ( ceft) [ Sk. af ] a woman. ( see Hem. VIII. 2. 130.) ___St. 282. निसीहिआ ( Sk. नैषेधिकी). Like चत्यवंदन, निसीहिआ is also a technical term in Jainism. It means 'the act or vow of saying faeitige i. e. I stop from all sinful actions'. When a Shravaka goes to the temple of the Jina, he is to utter the word ' Forelle' three times in the following manner : once just before he actually enters the temple which means that he has now renounced all the sinful actions of the world. Then he is to utter the same word a second time when he performs the cougat or stands before the idol of the Jina for dars'ana or sight which means that now he has given up all the actions which he is required to do for the purity, cleanliness etc. of the temple. Lastly he is to utter the word 'faelf 'a third time when he sits before the idol for chaityavandana which means that now he has given up even performing the material worship, and has abandoned the care eyep of his body and has completely offered himself at the feet of the
