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

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________________ HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM 589 (9) Applying ointment (ālepana) to the body.108 (10) Wiping the feet, etc. for enhancing personal beauty.109 (11) Looking at one's reflection in a mirror, in a bead, in oil or in fat, etc. 110 (12) Taking medicine for vomiting or for purge or for both.111 (13) Telling (of one's own accord) one's qualifications for the post of an ācārya 112 (14) Dancing, singing or playing upon a musical instrument; crying aloud; getting attached to different kinds of sounds of different instruments.113 (15) Getting attached to pools, lakes, tanks, etc.114 (16) Getting attached to worldly or divine forms.115 (17) Seeing, pondering over or getting attracted towards woodwork, sculpture, books, ivory-work, jewel-work; beautiful wells, tanks, streamlets or lakes; villages, cities, towns, settlements, harbours, etc.; village festivals, horse-plays, elephant-plays; horse-battles, buffalo-fights, etc.; any scenes for merrymaking, scenes of quarrel or places where persons of all ages sing or dance putting on ornaments or fineries.116 (18) Bowing down to or praising the conduct of persons of loose morals.117 (19) Speaking harsh to other monks.118 (20) Breaking the vow of 'pratyākhyāna' frequently. 119 MONKS AND NUNS: MUTUAL RELATIONS : (1) Causing a heretic or the owner of the lodge to stitch the sanghāçi of the nun. 120 108. Ibid., 12, 36-39. 109. Ibid., 15, 100-152. 110. Ibid., 13, 30-41. 111. Ibid. 112. Ibid., 17, 133. 113. Ibid., 17, 134-8. 114. Ibid., 17, 139-151. 115. Ibid., 12, 29. 116. Ibid., 12, 16-28. 117. Ibid., 13, 42-59. 118. Ibid., 15, 1-4. 119. Ibid., 12, 3. 120. Ibid., 12, 7. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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