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6. Ratribhuktivirati pratimā
Kundakunda,1 Kartikeya,2 and Samantabhadra take this pratimă to mean abstinence from taking of food at night. Amitagati, Vasunandin5 and Somadeva represent the other school and call this pratima by the name of divāmaithunavirati i.c. abstinence from sexual intercourse during day. Asadhara is here influenced by Hindu conception of brahmacarya and says that a śrāvaka in this pratimā renounces all intercourse except during rtu for the sake of progeny The first school distinguishes abstinence from taking food in the night in the first pratima from this pratima, in as much as here the frāvaka is required not to offer food to others also at night.
7. Brahmacarya pratimā
It implies absolute continence. It covers not only intercourse but all types of contacts with women. It also includes avoidance of decorating one's body."
8. Arambhatyaga pratimā
It signifies the renunciation of all worldly occupations as service, cultivation and business. The aspirant under this pratima should neither ask others to do such jobs nor give his consent for doing such jobs.10
9. Parigrahatyaga pratimā
It means abandonment of all kinds of parigraha, except limited clothes.11 Parigraha here includes external possession as well as inner faults, perverted attitude, sex, humour, passion, attachment and aversion.11
1. Caritrapahuḍa, 22.
2. Kartikeyanuprekṣā, 382.
3. Ratnakaranḍaśrāvakācāra, 142,
4. Amitagatisravakācāra, 7.72.
5. Vasunandiśrāvakācāra, 296.
6. Vasunandiśravakacara, prastavana, p. 50.
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7. Sāgāradharmamṛta, 7.14.
8. Kartikeyanuprekṣā, 382.
9. Sāgāradharmamṛta, 7.27; Also Kartikeyanupreksa, 385.
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II.
Vasunandiśravakācāra, 299.
Subhacandra on Kartikeyanupreksā 386.
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