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stools and start vomitting or may die in extreme cases. Hence, these stale articles must not be eaten.
(13) Muti-seeds: A fruit or vegetable is considered multiseeds, if there is no layer between two seeds or if the seeds are touching one another or there are no special and different places for the seed. When the seeds are placed like this, the article is considered multi-seeds and is non-eatable as it involves killing of many living beings. Such fruit is to be abandoned. A fresh or dry fig contains many seeds, which cannot be separated. Similarly, jamphal and dadam-pomegranate having hard seeds are considered Sachit. Hence, they should not be eaten in Ekashana or Biasana. There are subtle living beings in the leaves of cabages or cobi-flowers. Hence, we should avoid eating them. Brinjals, kantola, timbaru, ringana, khaskhas, rajagaro, papora have many seeds. Hence, they should not be used as food. They are harmful to health and involve killing of living beings.
(14) Brinjals Brinjals are non-eatable. They contain many seeds. The capped portion contains subtle germs. Dried brinjals are also a forbidden food. The Mahabharat and other non-jain scriptures have also forbidden their use. They breed many diseases. We become idle or insensitive to killings and may be prone to sexual desire. It may produce fever. Brinjals are prohibited in the Purans also. It is now hroved that tomatoes are a kind of foreign brinjals. Hence, they should not be eaten. (vide Jain Papar of 8-11-1925).
(15) Insignificant Fruits: Berries, piludi, piyu, gunda, jambu, custard, apple etc. contain less of pulp and more of seeds. We do not feel satisfied by eating them. They do not give any nourish ent. They are, in fact, very insignificant fruits. Hence, they should not be
eaten.
(16) Unknown Fruits: The fruits whose names and qualities are unknown to us are considered unknown fruits (e.g. kimpak fruits). Sometimes we lose our life by eating them. As we know, Vankchul gave up eating unknown fruits and thus saved his life.
(17 to 21) Teta Tetis: These are the pods (Tetas). There are five kinds of ambar fruits viz. ambaro, black ambaro, tetis of a banyan trees, pipal tree and palakh teti. They contain innumerable minute seeds. They are not nourishing and cause diseases. They are considered non-eatable as every seed of them is full of germs. Non-jain scriptures also propound that if a germ of these ambar (berries) enters our brain, we die of haemmorrage.
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