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(e) Rayaṇāvali:
This penance contained four series (parivādi). The breaking of the fast in the first series was done by accepting all flavours (savvakāmaguniyam); in the second, the monk was allowed to do so with food devoid of ghee etc., (vigaïvajjam); in the third, food without articles like gram etc., (alevădam); in the fourth, he broke the fast with ayambila (ie., simple, unmixed, boiled rice).
All the four series were completed in five years, two months and twenty-eight days,301
(f) Savvaöbhadda:
(i) Khuddaga (Lesser)
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It had also four series, each requiring hundred days to finish. The four series were completed in one year, one month and ten days.
6
5
4
3
2
(ii) Mahalayam (Greater) :
It was similar to the previous one but was more extensive (1-7). The whole, consisting of four series, required two years, eight months and twenty days to complete.302
(g) Sihanikkiliya:
1 2 3 4 5
3 4 5 1 2
5 1 2 3 4
2 3 4 5 1
4 5 1 2 3
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301. Ibid., p. 45. 302. Ibid., pp. 49-50.
Arrangement of fasts.
The name of this penance was said to resemble the mode of walking of a lion. It is characteristic of the lion that he looks back often while going ahead. (Hence the the term 'Simhävalokana'). In the same way, the monk practising this penance, undertook the practice of the previous fast again, before undertaking a fast of the next higher magnitude: for instance, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, and so on.
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