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does not ride a carriage or a chariot or a palanquin or a boat, or a horse or an elephant or a camel, or a bull or a buffalo or an ass. Ambada does not see drammatic performances or shows He avoids (stri-kathā (talk about females) bhojana katha (talk about food and eating) dèsa kathâ; politics) râja kathā (talk about kings) caura-katha (talk about robbers) and such other sinful talks. He does not cut green vegetation. He does not touch it. He keeps only gourd utensils or wooden utensils or clay vessels. He does not use utensils or vessels made of iron, tin, copper, lead, silner or of gold, He does not keep any other coloured cloth except a bed sheet coloured with ochre He wears a tiny religious symbol made of copper on his neck. He does not wear a-neck lace or a half-necklace or one stringed necklace or a necklace of pearls or a gold necklace or a necklace of gems or an armlet or a neck-band or a garland hanging from the neck or neck-lace of three strings, or a sacred thread or a ring or a armlet or a bracelet ont he upper arm or an ear-ring or a diadem or a crest-jewel or any other ornament on his body. He did not were any flower-garland on his ears accept his small ear-ring on each ear He applied only the clay of the Gangā river, on his body for cleaning purposes. Ite did not apply camphor, or sandala or saffron on his body He does not accept food-mate rial that has been cooked for himself or brought for himself or bought for hmjself and he does not accept food-material that has been defiled in any other way. He avoids the four sinful acts vig (a) Apa-dhyâna evil meditation) (b) Pramädicarita (careless conduct (c) Himsra-pradāna (inflicting of injury, and (d) Pāpa-karmaupadéša (preaching of sinful acts). He uses one adhaka (measure of capacity-32 Palas) pure flowing river-water for his bath and he uses half-anādhak (16 Palas) for drinking purposes and other extra uses. He uses the water given by some other person, but he does not bring it from the river or any reservoir of water.
He worships Tirthankaras on their inages He does not how down hefore or worsiur deiti e other faiths and he does not
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