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275 part, eating and drinking. There are but few methods occurring apart from those quoted in the texts. The samkha-dattıya confine themselves to a certain number of ways regarding the reception (datti, 1 Vav. 9, 40) of food and drink. Those among them observing the java-majjha and the varra-majjhā canda-padımā (Vav. 10, 1; Thān. 64b) follow the example given by the waxing and waning moon. Starting with 1 dattı on the 1st day of the bright half of the month the former take 1 d. more every day for a fortnight's time procecding up to 15 d. taken on full moon day and then to decrease the d in the same way. In the daira-m. r-p. the number of d. inci cases during the dark half of the month to decrease during its bright half, so that here the lowest point or the state of contraction fall on full moon, while there it is the highest point or the state of expansion that do so, and hence the names. padımā in the frequent usage of the word?--as Samav. 96a wants it there are 92 pad. in allis explained by abhigraha. By Thāna 64b; 195a we come to know them as interior (samāhi-p.) and exterior (uvahāna-p.) ones. Other exercises do not proceed from day to day but at a much slower pace. They take 7 times 7, 8 times 8, 9 times 9 or 10 times 10 days and are accordingly called salta-sattamiyā etc. bhikkhupadımā Vay. 9, 31-34; Thāņ. 385b; 440a; 518b. During the first 7, 8, 9 or 10 days 1 dattı is taken daily, during the second 2 daily, etc. so that all d. sum up to 196, 288, 405 or 650. All these methods already positively concern the quantity and would therefore, come under the omoyarıyā or the restriction of food. Uvav. § 30 II=Viy. 292a=Vav. 8, 16 here quotes that instead of 32 morsels one takes but 31, 24, 16, 12 or 8, or that either one diminishes each figure by 1. As against that the anasana, as far as it is only temporary (ittarıya),” consists in the dropping of the meals. If one half of the day remains without a mcal being taken we have the egâsana fasting, and in case it be the first half we have the purim'addha (comp. § 161).
1 dattıh sakyt-prakṣepa-laksanā, eka-kşepa-bhikṣā-l, comm In doing so bhikkhā Var 9 31-34 is unprecisely equated with kavala Sthān 65 b.
2. And equally so with the gr para-ueyāvacca-kamma-padımā Samav. 95.
3. For fasting leading to death (ävakahıya) see 165.
