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PRAVACANASÁRA. : : *15. He is a fit one for accepting the ascetic 'emblem who hails from the three castes (varnas ), whose limbs are healthy, whose age can stand the austerities, who is of winning appearance and whose character is free from any scandal.. ! . .
*16. The loss of three jewels" is said to be the greatest) loss by the Jinas; even by any other loss one does not remain fit for observing sallekhanā," i. e., the voluntary submission to death.
25. According to Jainism the (acceptable) ascetic paraphernalia is said to consist of the bodily form in which one is born, the words of the teacher, (disciplinary) modesty and the study of the sacred texts.
26. He is a S'ramaņa who has no desires in this world and no attachment for the next, whose diet and tourings are proper, and who is free from passions.
*17. The ascetic becomes negligent or careless, when he is affected by the four (passions) anger etc. and unhealthy gossip, by the objects of senses, and by affection and drowsiness.
27. (Really speaking) the soul of the monk does not eat (any) food; that is the (internal) penance; and the ascetics are after that. The ascetics are (as good as) without food, even if they accept faultless food. " ! 28. The S'ramaņa possesses the body alone, and even towards the body he pays no attention of mineness; he yokes the same to austerities without concealing his ability.
29. (The proper food consists of) one meal which is not stomachful, in the form in which it is obtained, which is obtained by begging and by day, wherein there is no consideration of juices and which does not contain honey and flesh.
1. TS. I, 1.
2. sallckhana is a form of an ascetic ideal consisting in voluntary submission to death; and it must necessarily be differentiated from what is ordinarily called suicide; soo Ratnakaranda Srāvakácāra of Samantabhadra, verses 122–30.
3. Anger, pride, deceit and greed aro the four passions; unhealthy gossip is also of four kinds: about women, about food, about thieves etc. and about the state.
