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R414 53 ] Nyāya-Kusumānjali personage of genial disposition, grave, learned and benevolent. He holds a third rank as he comes after Arhat and Siddha. He possesses thirty-six attributes.
1 Restraint over the five senses. (1-5)
2 Observance of the nine kinds of celebacy : (i) Not to live in a place inhabited by women, eunuchs and animals. (ii) Not to passionately talk about women. (iii) Not to sit on the seat previously occupied by a woman, till forty-eight minutes are over. (iv) Not to look at the features of a woman with a covetous eye. (v) Not to sit near a place which is separated only by a wall from the place where the husband and the wife are sleeping or talking about love-affairs. (vi) Not to recollect the enjoyments of sexual intercourse previously enjoyed. ( vii ) Not to take rich food which may excite passions. ( viii) Not to take even insipid food in excess. (ix ) Not to think of enhancing the beauty of the body, etc. (6-14)
3 Control over the four kinds of passions (Kashayas), viz., anger (Krodha), pride (Mana), deceit (Maya) and avarice (Lobha). (15–18 )
4 Observance of five Mahavratas. ( 19–23 )
5. Performance of the five kinds of conduct (Achara): (i) Jnanachara, to turn oneself to the attainment of knowledge. (ii) Dars'anachara, to have full faith in the tenets of one's own religion. (iii) Charitrachara, to lead an ideal life. (iv) Tapachara, to perform asceticism. (v) Viryachara,
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