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the minimum one. Each of these three categories is further divided into 'utkṛṣṭa', 'madhyama' and 'jaghanya'. These are further subdivided each into three kinds such as utkṛṣṭa-utkṛṣṭa, utkṛṣṭa,-madhyama and utkṛṣṭa-jaghanya; utkṛṣṭa-madhyama, madhyama-madhyama and jaghanyamadhyama; and lastly utkṛṣṭa-jaghanya, madhyamajaghanya and jaghanya-jaghanya. This can further be grouped and re-grouped.
The 'guru', 'lahu' and 'lahusa' are further divided into guru, gurutara, ahaguru; lahu, lahutara, ahalahu; and lahusa, lahusatara, ahālahusa. Now this division is fastened to a standard 'masa' of thirty days and also to the fasts of various durations. Thus ultimately we have the following variations:
lahutara
ahalahu
Guru-māsa
Gurutara-māsa
Ahaguru-māsa
Lahu-māsa
Lahutara-māsa
Ahalahu-māsa.
Lahusa-masa
Lahusatara-māsa
Ahabahusa-māsa
fasts.
Guruga
gurugatara
ahaguru
Lahu
Lahusa
bahusatara
15 days
10 days
5 days
This duration is coupled with the following types of
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bārasama
cauttha
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ayambila
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25 days
20 days
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day. purimaḍdha half day's fast.
(A)
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(B)
fast upto 8th meal fast upto 10th meal fast upto 12th meal fast upto 6th meal fast upto 4th meal taking only boiled rice unmixed with any other thing.
taking only one meal a
(C)
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