Book Title: History of Jaina Monachism
Author(s): S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute

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________________ HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM 351 So, according to these periods fixed for different items, the monk practised 'kāyotsarga' in which he indulged in the 'dharma-' and 'sukla' types of meditations, avoiding the following faults : (1) Ghodaya - standing like a horse with one foot raised up or bending one leg, (2) Latā - shaking one's body like a creeper, (3) Stambha taking resort to a pillar, or standing with a blank mind, (4) Kudya - taking support of a wall, (5) Māla - standing on a terrace or touching some higher object with the head, (6) Sabaravadhū - pressing the thighs together like the Sabara bride, (7) Nigada -- keeping legs wide apart, (8) Lambottara - standing by bending the body (?), (9) Stanadrsti — looking at one's breast, (10) Vāyasa - looking at sides like the crow, (11) Khalina - making sound of teeth like a bridled horse, (12) Yuga - standing by stretching the neck like a yoked bull, (13) Kapittha - clenching the fists, (14) Śiraprakampita - shaking the head, (15) Mūkatva -making facial expressions and signs like the dumb, (16) Anguli - counting the fingers, (17) Bhrūvikāra - contracting or expanding the eyebrows, or tapping the ground with the foot, (18) Vārunīpāyi - standing reeling like a drunkard, (19) Alokanam diśānām - looking at all quarters, (20) Grīvonnamana -stretching out the neck, (21) Pranamana - bending the body, (22) Nişçhīvana -- spitting out the cough, (23) Angāmarśa - touching the body. Avoiding all these faults and practising proper 'kāyotsarga', the monk meditated on right faith (darśana), right knowledge (jñāna), right conduct (cāritra), and on other qualities essential for monkhood. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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