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36 He lives for four months if he loses patience and memory
and if he cannot walk, Also he lives for the same
duration if he sleeps much or if he does not sleep at all. 37 He lives for a day here if he does not see his own tongue;
three days in the case of his nose and nine days in the
case of the middle of his eyebrows. 38 It is said by those proficient in the scriptures that his
life would be for seven days if he does not hear the noise in his ears and for five days if he does not see the
pupils of his eyes (?). 39 He lives, indeed, for seven days when his folded palms
do not stick so as to give rise to a samputa (cavity) or when his hands separate with great difficulty after they
have once formed a samputa. 40 So these are the Riştas concerning body described accor
ding to the doctrines of the Jinas. (Now) listen to the Riştas indicated through external objects, outlined
in brief. 41 If one sees any of these the moon, sun, lamp etc.
as an inauspicious indication, it is called by the best
amongst saints a Rişta regarding an external object. 42 There is no doubt that it can also be distinguished by a
lot of varieties. Listen to that which is narrated
according to doctrines of various scriptures. 43-44 Let him see the Rişta of the object as described in Jain
scriptures, first after having washed his body and having put on white garments, anointments and decorations, having worshipped the Lord of the Jinas, and having charged twenty-one times his mouth with the divine power of the following mantra-Oī brīın namo arahantānam kamale kamale vimale vimale udara devi iţimiți pulindini svāhā. There is one moon in the universe. If one sees it in various forms as well as full of holes, his life will,
indeed, be for one year. 46 So also if he sees the disc of the sun full of holes and in
various forms, it is said by those proficient in sciences, that his life will be for one year. His life here is said to be for one year if he sees the sun, moon and stars having no lustre, assuming various forms and abounding in holes.
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