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[ ચોથુ’avoidance of gambling, flesh-eating, wine drinking, hunting, stealing, adultery and debauchery, etc.. (2) The Vrata Pratima consists of the observance of five minor vows, three guna-vratas and four shikshā-vratas, the details of which are separately annexed. (3) The Sāmāyika Pratima requires self-contemplation renouncing all other worldly affairs at least for fortyeight minutes twice or thrice a day for the purification of the mind by the removal of passions. (4) The Poshadhopavāsa Pratima requires the Poshadha observance clearly described in the eleventh vow. (5) The Kayotsarga Pratima requires self-contemplation at night in a house then unoccupied by others with the Poshadha-vrata on two eighth and two fourteenth days of a month without being ruffled by dangers or other extraordinary obstructions. ( 6 ) The Brahmacharya Pratima requires strict celibacy and sexual purity with the avoidance of all decorating attractions. (7) Sachitatyāga Pratima means avoidance of flesh and uncooked vegetables and plucking fruits from trees, etc., as they contain life. (8) Arambhatyaga Pratima means avoidance of new worldly engagements and occupations as they are involve the loss of life. (9) Anyarambha-varjana Pratima means avoidance of approving engagements to be executed by servants and others. (10) The tenth Pratima enjoins the taking of permissible food offered at meal times without special preparation and also withholding worldly advice on family matters, etc.. ( 11 ) Udhista or Sramaṇabhuta Pratimā enjoins a gradual renunciation of the worldly affairs and the 546
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