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212 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAINAS Partial Transgressions!
Misdirection of mind, speech, or body during the time of meditation. That is, the mind, the speech, or the body must not occupy itself with other subjects than the one in hand.
Practising the vow in a wrong place, that is, where there are insects that you might kill while sitting or standing.
Forgetting the rites : i.e. leaving off in say 40 minutes when you have determined upon 48 minutes.
TENTH VOW
! (Desāvakāśika-Vrata) It is reducing to a minimum the space in which we will move. It is undertaking to limit oneself to the space of one house, or one room for a day once a year at least. It is the sixth vow in a more restricted form; in one form it is daily to restrict our movements according to our needs. One should not do anything which is beyond the limit specified. Partial Transgressions
Ordering things beyond the limit. Sending someone on some business beyond the limit. Making some sound to attract the attention of some one beyond the limit.
Making some sign to some one beyond the limit to come to you. Throwing something to a person beyond the limit in order to attract his attention..
ELEVENTH VOW (Pausadhopavāsa-Vrata)
The eleventh vow is the same as the ninth but continued for twelve or twenty-four hours and accompanied by some fasting. By fasting we remove impurities, If the vow is taken, it must be practised at least once a year. If food is taken at all on the day of fasting, it should not be between sunset and the following sunrise. It is usual to keep to one place, do no business, and drink 1. Tautvārthasūtra, VII. 28. Yogaśāstra III. 115. 2. Tattvārthasūtra VII. 26. Yogasāstra III. 116
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