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· Jaina Ethics educating the aspirant for the higher life of complete renunciation. 1
Guňavratas Digurata and deśārakāśikavrata
There seems to be no material difference between these two vratas. The idea of both of these vratas is to restrict the movements of a householder in order to avoid violence to the maximum extent and also to minimise his greed. For this purpose Dešāvak āśikavrata sets narrower limits but for a shorter time than digurata.
Transgressions of digvrata
The five aticāras of the digurata are? :
1. Urdhvadikpramāṇātikramaņa : It includes climbing on trees or ascending a mountain outside the limit one has set for himself.
2. Adhodikpramāṇātikramaņa : It includes descending into a well or the underground store-house outside the limit.
3. Tiryagdik pramānātikramana : It may mean travelling any direction outside the limit. Entering a cave outside the limit is also given as an example of this aticāra.
4. K setra-urddhi : This means extending the limits for freedom of movement.
5. Smrtyantardhāna : It means transgressing the limits through forgetfulness.
Dešāvakāśikavrata :
In the opinion of Svāmikärtikeya, 3 deśāvakāśikavrata limits the extent of territory of movement as well as the objects of senses, whereas according to Samantabhadra“, Deśāvakāśikavrata is connected with the limitation of the territory of movement only. Vasunandi has offered a different explanation. He says
1. Sāgāradharmāmsta, 5.1. 2. Upăsakadašānga, 1.50. Also Tattvārthas ütra, 7.25. 3. Kārtikeyānupreksā, 367. 4. Ratnakarandaśrāvakācāra, 92-93.
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