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way. (3) to seek permission from the guru to go to collect aims or from the owner of the abode to stay there. and (4) to answer religious questions done out of curiosity to understand. Besides these for reasons he dose not utter a word. He always remains silent. He does not stay in a village for more than two nights and a day. While alms-seeking also. he observes some strict rules.
He does not accept food from a place where the food is cooked only for one person: where it is cooked for a pregnant woman or the mother of an infant: where it is given by a pregnant woman or one who has been breast-feeding her baby: where both the feet of the person giving alms are either outside or inside the door sill; where the donor family is acquainted. in other words to accept food only from unknown families and follows other such numerous rules.
He goes out only once in a day to seek alms under such special and strict rules.
1. First Pratima
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the first pratima. Its duration is one month. Under this pratima the Shraman accepts only one datti of food and one dati of water. Dutti means unbroken flow of solid or liquid food.
2. Second Pratima
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the second pratima. Its duration is two months. Under this pratima the Shraman accepts two dattis of food and two dattis
of water.
3. Third Pratima
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the third pratima. Its duration is three months. Under this pratima the Shraman accepts three dattis of food and three dantis of
water.
4. Fourth Pratima
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the fourth pratima. Its duration is four months. Under this pratima the Shraman accepts four dattis of food and four dattis
of water.
5. Fifth Pratima
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the fifth pratima. Its duration is five months. Under this pratima the Shraman accepts five dattis of food and five dattis of
water.
6-7. Sixth and Seventh Pratimas
Sticking to the above rules a Shraman practices the sixth and seventh pratimus. Their duration is six and seven months respectively. Under these pratimas the Shraman accepts six and seven dattis of food and six and seven duitis of water respectively.
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