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for the privilege, was handed the A'rati on a tray, whilst the Mangaļadipa was placed on the threshold. This worshipper waved the A'rati from left to right; then, placing it on the threshold, he picked up the Mangaladipa and waved that in the same way, whilst the pujāri was chanting. This done, he replaced the Mangaladipa and waved the peacock feathers; the noise ceased, and the worshipper proceeded to say his private prayers, kneeling and prostrating himsef before the idol.
The lights, we were told, would be left to burn for an hour or two, in spite of the fact that, being unprotected, they were a grave source of danger to insect life.
Daily Worship of a Stha'nakava'si Jaina.
The members of the third sect of the Jaina, not posses-- sing temples, and abhorring anything like idol worship, have no evening or morning worship similar to that of the Derāvāsi (i. e. S'vetāmbara and Digambara) Jaina.
A Sthānakavāsi Jaina layman, however, has most kindly furnished me with the following particulars of their daily religious duties.
They should rise two hours before sunrise (though this is not always carried into actual practise in winter),
and say the Virvukār's Mantra (19512 Navaka'ra
a), i.e. tell their beads (Mālā HIV1), Mantra.
making salutation to the Five ( Pañca Parameswara, namely Arihanta, Siddha, A'cārya, Upādhyāya and Sãdhu), and to Knowledge, Faith, Character and Austerity.*
* In Gujarat, however, most Sthānakavāsi Jaina do not include
these last four in their repetition of the Navakāra Mantra.
