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THE PENANCES
It would appear from the language of bloha 47 that no expiation is incurred if a sick saint take such medicinal and breath purifying spices as cardamums, cloves and betelnuts 1 The saint 18 expressly allowed to use such things as a pin or needle, or an instrument for lifting pots and kettle from the fire There is also no penalty for the use of a wooden plank or seat, a mat or gourd or a hollow utensil 3
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No penalty 18 incurred by entertaining sympathy for a co religionist, or for serving the owner of the resting place or the giver of food in his sickness, provided living matter is not handled No penance is likewise required for attending, with due carefulness, on a co religionist layman, or even on the people of another faith, when Bich. *
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No penance 18 necessary for putting on clothes, for sleeping on a cot, for massaging the bodily limbs and for applying or rubbing oil on the body, when done to alleviate pain Similarly, no penalty 1s incurred by the use of a pillow and the covering up of the head or the chest with the feather-whisk, during illness If a saint who 18 unwell put on shoes, or use an umbrells made of leaves to protect his head against the sun, no penance 18 indicated
26-CONCERNING ACCESSORIES (Upaharana)
The accessories for " sense control " are of three kinds
(1) of the most valuable' type-Books
(3) of the middling type-the feather whisk and the gourd,8 (3) of the lower type-writing materials
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The penance for losing them is as follows9 For losing those of the greatest utility For those of the middling utility
For those of the lower utility
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one fast
one ächämla one purumandala
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1S 47 2$ 51 3 $ 59 6 $ 73 7 $ 75
* Some authorities place the gourd in the third class 9 S 53
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* $ 106
$ $ 107
