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the second method is to dry the pot in the sun for one day. It should remain dry for a day and should be used again next day. A second pot should be used on alternate day. This precaution will prevent development of fungus on the pot surface for a long period. Alternatively, the pot should be emptied every night before going to bed and kept in inverted position to dry
overnight. 1c) the third method is to treat water with a small quantity of
disinfectant like potassium permanganate/chromate (say two drops) every morning. This is an oxidizing agent. The water is not rendered unfit by it. The water-born germs also become nonliving. Specially, its use in rainy season enhances the quality of drinking water. Probably this treatment is also capable of
converting water into non-living dhovana water. 1d) there may arise another situation. Either we are not fully aware
about the above noted precautions of rub-washing and drying or we are negligent and allow the fungus to develop into the pores and on surface. Green or blackness on the inner surface of pot may even become visible. If it has become a careless routine, the fungus will also definitely creep into that dhovana everyday.
This is not palatable to a sãdhaka. 2) Mere contact of fungus may not make the non-living water a living mass. That means dhovana does remain as non-living water. However, there is a strong possibility that the pot provides a breeding place for development of different types of fungus. This fungus may not be visible in the initial stages. But it is harmful to health.
To eliminate this possibility, it is better, as per the common sense, for an ordinary shrãvaka to not to store the dhovana in earthen pots. Ordinary shrãvaka means those people who can not take the requisite care for maintaining the pots fungus-free with above mentioned methods. In case of boiled water, we know that it is devoid of oxygen. Hence the possibility of development of fungus on the inner surface of pot is reduced for some time. After some time, the oxygen content in it also starts increasing. That time, the environment becomes conducive for development of fungus in that water.
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