Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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Prohibition Of Fresh Vegetables On Parva-Tithis:
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laymen and laywomen should abstain from green vegetables on all parvatithis. That is why parva-tithis are differently enumerated. Some laymen and laywomen observe five parva-tithis in a month, some observe six, some observe ten or twelve parva-tithis.
The point is, on parva-days, one should do as little sin and as much auspicious deeds as possible.
All kinds of green vegetables possess life. Flour, rice, split pulses, etc. do not possess life. Wheat, barley, pulses like moong, matha, adada (black beans), grams, chola, tuver, (pigeon pea) etc. may or may not possess life because they themselves become lifeless after some time of their complete growth. The following statements are made about them in the chapter captioned 'Dhānyānām Abijatva Dvāra' in the book Pravacanasārāddhāra :
जव १ जवजव २ गोधूम ३ सालि ४ वीहि ५ धन्नाण कोट्ठयाइसुं । खिधिऊण पिहियाणं कित्ताणं मुहियाणं च।।९९५।। उक्कोसेणं ठिइ होइ, तिशि वरिसाणि तराणु एएसि । विद्धं सिज्जइ जोणी, तत्तो जायइ अबीयतं ।।९९६।। तिल १ मुग्ग २ मसूर ३ कलाय ४ मास ५ चवलय ६ कुलत्थ ७ तुवरीणं ८ । तह कसिणचणय ९ वल्लाण १० कोट्याइसु खिविऊणं ।।९९७ ।। ओलिताणं पिहियाणं लंछियाणं च मुदियाणं च । उक्कि ट ठ ठिइ बरिसाण पंचगं ततो अबीयत्तं ।।९९८।। अयसि १ लट्ठा २ कंगु ३ कोडूसग ४ सण ५ वरट्ठ ६ सिद्धत्था ७ । कोरव ८ रालग ९ मूलग बीयाण कोट्याइसु ||९९९।। निक्खित्ताणं एयाणु क्कोसठि इए सत्त वरिसाइं । होइ जहशेणं पुणो अंतमुहुतं समग्गाणं ।।१००० ।। java 1 javajava 2 godhūma 3 sāli 4 vihi 5 dhannāņa kõtthayāísum. khiviuna pihiyānam kittānam muddiyanam ca..995.. ukkāsēņam thii hõi, tinni varisāņi tayaņu ēēsim . viddhamsijjai jāņi, tatto jāyai abiyattam ..996.. tila 1 mugga 2masūra 3 kalāya 4 māsa 5 cavalaya 6 kulattha 7 tuvarinam 8 taha kasinacanaya 9 vallana 10 kotthayaisu khiviunam ..997.. õlittānam pihiyāṇam lañchiyāṇam ca muddiyānam ca. ukkittha thii varisana paicagam tato abiyattam ..998.. ayasi 1 latthā 2 kangu 3 kõļūsaga 4 saņa 5 varattha 6 siddhatthā 7. kiddava 8 rālaga 9 mulaga biyana kotthayaisum ..999.. nikkhittānam ēyāņukkosathijē satta varisäim . hoi jahannénam puno amtamuhuttam samaggānam ..1000..