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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
देशावकाशिकं स्यात्कालपरिच्छेदनेन देशस्य । प्रत्यहमणुव्रतानां प्रतिसंहारो विशालस्य ॥९२ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - अणुव्रत के धारक श्रावकों का प्रतिदिन समय की मर्यादा के द्वारा (दिग्व्रत में सीमित) विस्तृत देश का (क्षेत्र का) संकोच किया जाना देशावकाशिकव्रत होता है।
Restricting further, on a day-to-day basis or for a limited period, the field of activity only to certain regions out of the earlier fixed directions (under the vow of abstaining from activity with regard to direction - digurata), is called the vow of abstaining from activity with regard to region (deśāvakāśikavrata).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya:
तत्रापि च परिमाणं ग्रामापणभवनपाटकादीनाम् । प्रविधाय नियतकालं करणीयं विरमणं देशात् ॥ १३९ ॥ Within the limits (set in digurata), one should again fix limits specifying a village, market, house, street etc., for a fixed period of time, and abstain from activities outside the new limit (desavratal).
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritachandra Suri's Purusārthasiddhyupāya", p. 89-90.
1 Deśavrata limits the field of activity still further than in the case of
digurata. Besides, digurata is taken for one's lifetime whereas deśavrata is taken for shorter periods.
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