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S. B. DEO Proper Diet:
The following system prevailed in the case of those who did shorter fasts throughout their life: 288
Fast
No. of Liquids
allowed
Explanation
Caüttha
د
Chattha
ده
1. Ussetime 289_water used in fermenting
wheat etc. (?). 2. Samsetime-wash of vegetables. 3. Cāüladhovaņe-wash of rice. 1. Tilodaë-wash of sesamum. 2. Tusodaëwash of chaff. 3. Javodaë-wash of barley. 1. Āyāmate-rice-liquid. 2. Sovirate-Gruel. 3. Suddhaviyade-Boiled water.
Atthama
ده
Proper Places:
The proper places for the performance of fasting and religious postures were to be such as were free from eggs, living beings, women, children, beasts, or householders; also those which did not contain fire or water; places like the playground, etc.,-in short, such as were not likely to distract the mind or were not the favourite places for worldly activities.290 The Padimas:
The pratimās were long-term practices of bodily mortification which were based on fasting, meditation and peculiar bodily postures.
The following pratimās are mentioned in the Anga texts: 291 (1) Bhaddā, (2) Subhaddā, (3) Mahābhaddā, (4) Sayvaöbhaddā, (5) Bhadduttarā, (6) Javamajjhā
Candapadimā, (7) Vaïramajjhā
288. Thān. p. 147a. 289. Liberty is not taken with the 'ta-śruti' which occurs in many canonical texts. 290. Acār. II, 2, 1 ff. (pp. 120 ff). Uttar. 32, 4. 291. Thān. pp. 64b, 195a, 292a, 385b, 453a, 518b, etc., Smv. 21b, 96a; Bhag. 123ab.
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