Interpretation Of Jain Ethics

Author(s): Charlotte Krause
Publisher: Yashovijay Jain Granthmala

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gathering of fruit and vegetables and their preparation, the use of vehicles, etc., etc.
By the Second Anuvrata, he promises to give up all untrue and other utterances of grossly injurious character, with reference to marrigeable women, cows, land, deposits, and false witness.
By the Third Anuvrata, he promises never to appro priate things ungiven, neither living nor lifeless ones, in the intention of stealing.
By the Fourth Anuvrata, he promises either matrimonial faithfulness to his wife, or merely renounces intercourse with the wives of others. The same does, mutatis mutandis, the laywoman.
By the Fifth Anuvrata, he promises not to keep property, lifeless or living, exceeding a certain limit, which he fixes himself at the time of taking the vow.
The Three Gunavratas.
The Gunavratas comprise certain general restrictions, canonical for the whole life-time.
The first Guna-vrata, or Dig-Vrata, limits the sphere within which the Sravaka is left liberty to move, in all, or in one or other of the points of the compass, as well as in the height and depth.
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The Second Gunavrata, or Upabhoga-Paribhoga-Vrata, limits the classes and qualities of things to be used by the Sravaka. They are divided into two classes, viz. things which can be used only once, such as food, flowers, ointments, and things which can be used repeatedly, such as houses, clothes etc. Thus, onions, potatoes, and all kinds of bulbs and roots, are to be renounced by every orthodox