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MANAV DHARMA / 101 day and go out in search of food between the hours of ten and Eleven in the morning. Description :
By practising for the follow up of above mentioned different Pratimas, who has now left (abandon) the feelings of mine or thine or of attachment; who thinks all worldly possessions different from the feeling of self; who has adopted a feeling of universal love and brotherhood for all; who has renounced the home and the members of the family and who now prefers to live in forest or in solitude; he is the Votary who has adopted the path of renunciation : Begging forgiveness from all the members of the family and friends and with their due permission, he comes to that place where Jain Monks or Muni reside in solitude and expresses his inner feelings of renunciation before them. By repeating the Vratas, he adopted earlier, in the presence of the Jain Monks, he with full determination, promises to followup them strictly in his life. Like other worldly possessions, he now even abandons all his wearing clothes and devotes himself in the meditation of self and the God, the Almighty without caring for summer or winter or cold or hot. He adopts one of the stages or positions of kshullaka or Ellaka.
When he walks he walks like a Muni or Jain Nirgrantha Monk, looking four feet ahead the path, so that he can save all visible germs and insects in the day light. While speaking, he maintains all precautions to avoid harsh words and speak the true but sweet and fine words. He does not give any place to evil thoughts in his mind. He forgets the evil feelings of pride, envy, aversion, hatredness and such others. He accepts only that Aahar (food) which has not specially been prepared for him but which has been prepared for the members of the family in a simple, pure manner, provided that is also offered with due reverence and proper respect as prescribed.
As there are two sections of studies in M.A. class - M.A. previous and Final, in the same way in the field of Praticising religious conduct, two types of Tyagi abandoners have been recognised one is KSULLAKA and other is ELLAKA. KSHULLAK is a votary & who is still practising the different vows and vratas and perfect solidarity in the maintenance of character is wanted and that is why he cannot dare to become a perfect Nirgrantha Muni - i.e. he does not adopt absolute nakedness. He wears a narrow strip of cloth called LANGOTI (KOPEEN) and a cover sheet, which should not cover the full body but which is likely to protect him from mosquitos, flies and other small germs but that is perfectly not possible. Hence he learns to tolerate their biting. At about nine or ten in the morning, without
