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SANNYASA DHARMA 39. The unmiśra dosa arises when it abounds in ants and the like.
40. The apariņati dosa occurs when it has not been in use for a long time, so that insects may have gathered about its passages,
41. The lipta dosa occurs when it is besmeared with such things as oil, sugar, and the like.
42. The parityajana doşa is caused when the place is too big for the use of a saint.
The description of the remaining faults in connection with the use of a bastikā will be found adequately described among the forty-six faults pertain. ing to food.
The saint must not seek but should avoid the company of the opposite sex, as far as possible, since that is prone to excite sexual lust in his heart. Even when a female saint has to speak to him, he will allow her to do so from a distance of five cubits if he be an achārya (the head or leader of saints), of six cubits, if an upādhyāya (the learned preacher of the saints), and of seven cubits, if an ordinary saint, The conversation will, in all cases, be confined to the purposes of the dharma (religion) or sangha (those who practise the dharma) or of the community of saints,
The saint's rules forbid his saluting any one engaged in worldly activities. He salutes only his own leaders and the Tirthamkaras and Siddhas (the Liberated Ones). The proper mode of saluting a saint is to say " namostu" which means “I
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