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simple purificatory bath daily.6He must not sleep on a couch and must not rub his body against another's, but for (preserving) the sanctity of the vows, he must lie single only on carth.65 He should observe this type of orata till the end of his studentship.68
Vratavatarana (The End of vows).
This is the Jaina counterpart of the Brahmanical Samãvartana (the end of studentship) The ceremony is to be performed after the Brahmacānın has duly completed his studies. During the ceremony he renounces only the special vratas (to be observed by a Brahmacanın alone), while he follows the general vows throughout his life In Jinasena's opinion the rite should be performed either after twelve years or after sixteen years87 (from the beginning of studentship)
After he has honoured the Duyas (Brāhmanas ), the Brahmacarin should put on, with the permission of his teacher, clothes, ornaments, wreaths, etc befitting the occasion of the Vratādataran a 68 Next he is exhorted to keep the vow of celebacy tull the performance of the next rite, ie. Vivaha 69
84 दन्तकाष्ठग्रहो नास्य न ताम्बूल न चाञ्जनम् । न हरिद्रादिभि स्नानं शुद्धस्नान दिन प्रति ॥
---MP 38 116 Comp Manu 2 176-178 05 F EÇqitua area arrita fragt ! भूमो केवलमेकाको शयीत व्रतशुद्धये ॥
-MP 38 116 Cf Manu 2 108, 179-808. 86 MP 38 117 Comp Manu 2 108 07. "ACHETC Erasticceria atga 977
--MP 38 123 Thus the rite in question is to be performed in the luenticth or twentyfourth year of the initiated, the latter period being thc usually accepted age of thc Samavarlana Samskāra according to the later authors of Dharmaśāstra Vide HS, p 101 कृतद्विजाचनस्यास्य व्रतावतरणोचितम् । वस्त्राभरणमाल्यादिग्रहण गुर्वनुशया ॥
-MP 38 124. 69 Iord 98 116.
