Religious Prayascittas according to old Jaina Ritual

Author(s): Collete Caillat
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112 SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
Further, the teacher states which are the ten prohibitions restricting the exchanges between the parihariya and the pure nigganthas. They apply both to the penitent and to the others:
ālāvana paḍipucchana pariyaṭṭ' uṭṭhāna vandanaga matte padilehana samghaḍaga bhatta-ddāņam sambhunjaņā c'eva.126
Thus, the parihariya (1) will not talk to his companions, nor will they talk to him; (2) will ask them no question about the text or the sense of the sacred books; nor will they ask him; (3) will not study the Doctrine with them, nor they with him; (4) does not stand up in the usual circumstances as a sign of respect, nor do they; (5) does not salute, nor do they; (6) does not offer the various pots, nor do they; (7) does not inspect the baggage with the others, nor do they; (8) does not meet with the others, nor do they; (9) does not present anything to eat or drink, nor do they; (10) does not eat with them nor do they with him. All transgressions should of course be expiated. And it is noteworthy that the heavier atonements are prescribed for the transgressions of points 9 and 10, that is when the trespassers have taken no heed of the various restrictions concerning the exchanges of food and drink.127
This is not mere chance. Other provisions show the importance that was attached to food. At the end of the parihara, the monk and his companions are again allowed to talk to each other, etc. But they do. not eat together before an extra period has elapsed (from five days to one month, proportionally to the length of the parihara). Moreover, it seems that, even during the parihara, the Elder can allow the penitent and the pure monks to meet and study together (Vav 1, 21); they may even for study-purposes be permitted to live together,-in which case they eat separately (ibid. 2, 27).
On the contrary, they never partake of the same food, except in cases of extreme emergency if the penitent is becoming exceedingly weak (Vav 2, 28; Bh 2, 371 f.; 374); or if there'is a famine or some sort of calamity in the country (Vav 2, 29 f.) 129
126 VavBh 1, 364 NisBh 2 881 6 596.
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127 VavT III 31 a; IV 17 b; cf. the table in Expiations 185.
Vav 2, 27; cf. T IV 80 b áldäpan'âdini sarväṇi kriyante, navaram ekam bhojanam ekatra varjyate.
129 About the importance of food, cf. Om Prakash, Foods and drinks in Ancient India, Introduction, etc.; Expiations 187, and n. 1,
ubi alia.