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S. B. DEO (b) Gunarayana :
It was a penance in which various fasts were done as given in the following order: 298
Month
Magnitude of the fast
Bodily posture
1st
.....
4th
fast
At day, looking at the sun with
a squatting posture; at night, vīrāsana.
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
7th
8th 9th 10th 11th 12fth 13th 14th 15th 16th
6th fast 8th fast 10th fast 12th fast 14th fast 16th fast 18th fast 20th fast 22nd fast 24th fast 26th fast 28th fast 30th fast 32nd fast 34th fast
(i.e., fast upto the 34th meal).
(c) Kaņagāvali:
It was similar to the 'Rayaņāvali' given below, with the difference that this penance replaced the sixth fast with the eighth. The total period required for completing it was five years, nine months and eighteen days.299
(d) Muttāvali :
This consisted "of a series of fasts from fourth upto thirty-fourth, but from a fast until sixth meal, there (was) an intervening caüttha in each case." The total duration was three years and ten months.300
298. Bhag. pp. 123b-125b; Antg. p. 31; Nāyā. p. 42; Anttr. p. 58. 299. Amtg. p. 47. 300. Ibid., p. 52: See Edition by P. L. VAIDYA, Notes, p. 154.
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