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One is required to do the Samayika before starting the Pratikraman ritual. Duringthe Pratikraman ritual, byreciting Logassa and Namutthunam Sutras one salutes the twenty-four Tirthankars and their qualities. By reciting Panchindiya and Khamasamano Sutras one salutes the ascetics and their qualities. Thus, the Pratikraman includes ChaturvimshatiStava and Vandana essentials. The Pratikraman ritual is done while sitting or standing in the meditating posture, and this is Kayotsarga. During the Pratikraman ritual one is required to take the Pachchakhan according to one's capacity covering Pratyakhyan essential
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PRATYAKHYAN
PACHCHAKHAN
Renouncing certain activities for certain
time, to discipline one's self.
ne takes vows according to one's
capabilities to disengage from extraneous substances and to engage in the self-substance. The Shravaks take partial vows and ascetics take the great vows.
The Pratikraman ritual includes many Sutras. The original sutras are written in Ardha-Magadhi (language of the common people during Bhagawan Mahavir's time) and Sanskrit languages, which consist of many hymns in praise of Lords and many verses of repentance and confession
Six Essentials Avashyak
Tmportance of PRATIKRAMAN
Jains are required to perform Pratikraman twice a day, in the morning and in the evening. The Devasi (evening) Pratikraman is for the sins committed duringtheday. Rai(morning) Pratikraman is for the sins committed during the night. However, if someone cannot perform Pratikraman daily, he can do a biweekly, quarterly, or yearly Pratikraman. The
mong all six essentials, the
LPratikraman ritual is the most important one. It covers the other five essentials during the performance of its rites as follows:
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