Book Title: Atonements In Ancient Ritual Of Jaina Monks
Author(s): Collete Caillat
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ CHAPTER VI P. 165 THE FOURTH ATONEMENT : RESTITUTION (vivega; viveka ) THE FIFTH ATONEMENT : UNDISTURBED ABANDONMENT OF THE BODY (viussagga, kāussagga; vyutsarga ) The “restitution" does not call for any comment. It consits in giving back an alms which after the event, is learnt to be impure, and is conse quently unacceptable. The good faith of an “adept" (who is familliar with the rules of study and who knows the cheya-suttas) could have been taken by surprise. To become pure again, it is sufficient for him to give back the alms in the correct manner : kada-jogiņā u gahiyam sejja-samthara-bhatta-panam va apphāsu esanijjam nāli, vivego u pacchittam (Vav Puth Bh 109, ? 38 (a-b). 1. I follow R. WILLIAMS'S translation of viussagga, kaussagga (Jaing Yoga)

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