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93 of the points of difference between the two views; the other is that while St. Kundakundacharya includes the Bhogopabhoga Parimana in the guna vratas, and omits the desavakasika altogether, Umasvati counts the Desavakasika as the second guna vrata, and transfers the Bhogopabhoga Parimana to the second category of Siksha vows, eliminating therefrom the Sallekhana vow, as already pointed out. A third set of authorities on the Householder's path go back to the enumeration of the guna vratas as given by Sri Kundakundacharya, namely, the Dig, the Anarthadanda and the Bhogopabhoga Parimana uratas—but place the Desavakasika, the Samayika, the Parosad hopavasa, and the Vaiyaurilya as the four Siksha vows. This class is represented by Swami Samantabhadracharya and Pt. Ashadharji (see the Sagara Dharmamrita).
Swami Kartikeya (see the Anupreksha) transfers the Desavakasika to the fourth place among the Siksha vratas, from the first, as given in the enumeration according to Samantabhadracharya, and extends its scope to include the imposing of restraints in regard to sense-gratification, which overlaps the functions and scope of the Bhogopabhoga Porimana vow.
According to Sri Jinasenacharya, the author of the Adi Purana, the guna uratas are three the Dig, the Desavakasika, and the Anarthadanda. The Bhogopabhoga Parimana is also a guna vrata. The Siksha Vratas are the Samayika, the Prosadhopavasa, the Atithi Sangraha pujan, i. e, worship of saints and Sannyasa. This gives us not three but four guna vratas ; but probably the saint understood the Dig and the Desavakasika vows to constitute but one vrata, inasmuch as the Desavakasika is only an enlargement of the scope of the Dig vrata. The inclusion of Sannyasa (Sallekhana) in the list of the Siksha vows refers back to the enumeration of St Kundakundacharya.
Vasunandi (see the Sravakachara) leaves out the Samayika and the Prosad hopavasa from the category of the Sila vows. According to him the Dig, the Desavakasika and the An Ithadanda are the guna uratas, and Bhoga Virati, Paribhoga Nioritti the Atithi Samuibhaga and the Sallekhana are the Siksha vows. No
doubt, this also gives us the number of the Sila vratas as seven; Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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