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noticed when he commences his journey, and sometimes bad dreams (those in which one sees the five fundamental vows violated); to put himself in the right mood for a period of study conducted in accordance with all the rules; and, finally, when he takes a boat to cross a river:
gaman'agamaņa viyare sulle vā sumiņa-damsane rāto
nāvā nai-samtāre pāyacchittam viussaggo (Vav Pith Bh 111; Ţ 38 b - 41 b; cf. Jîya 18 - 22). . It will be seen also that a kāussagga precedes the performance of the atonement called parihāra. Thus, say the commentaries, the other religious are warned, and the success of the penance is made more likely.
· It seems that, in general, there is a tendency to practise kāussagga before any enterprise - aad, much more so, before an enterprise which is considered more difficult.
