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JAINA ANTIQUARY.
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be covered with dirt, sweat, etc., and he should practise at the same time the restraint of the senses and the mind.
In Gobhila Grihya sutra we find that the Brahmachāries in the Vedic ages were forbidden to bathe : D
“Snānam.” From the previous Sutra the word "Barjjaya ?? follows. This means " Leave bathing." In Apastamba Dharamsutra we find :
"Angāni na praksāliyata." i.e. “Do not wash the limbs.” In the following Sutra it is mentioned that if any one touches an unclean thing he can wash his body.
The point is that a sage should not constantly give his thoughts to his body, as his attention should always be to higher things. The Jaina sages do not cleanse their teeth.
"Angulinhavalehanikalihim pasanachhalliyadihim. Dantamalasohanayamsamjamagutto adantāmanam."
(MULACHARA.) i.e. A Yati should not clean his teeth by fingers, nails, tooth-picks or other articles.
The Vedic Brahmachāri also did not clean his teeth. In Gautania Dharma Sutra we find :
“Barjjayen madhumānsa......snāna-dantadhāvana......" .e. "Leave Honey, flesh,...... bathing and cleaning teeth.” About the very spare eating of the Jain saints mentioned in Achelaka bagga quoted above, we my mention that in Hinduism and Buddhism we find constant injunctions about restraining food, Aswaghosa in his puddhacharita has put into the mouth of Buddha :
“Aharah prānajātrāyai na bhogāya na driptaye."
i.e. “The food should only be to keep the life and not for enjoyment or pride."
Apastam ba bas mentioned that a person following the Bānaprastha Asrama should pick up the grains after the reapers remove the crops. They should not take anything more.
