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forbidden to climb a summit of mountain or a tree or a ban on all upward movement outside.
(ii)
Adho-dik-pramāṇatikrama (Going beyond the limits in downward direction)-It forbids ascending into the well or the underground store of a village if outside limit is fixed, even if some thing has been dropped
there. (iii) Tiryak-dik-pramāṇatikrama (Going beyond the
limits in horizontal direction)-this applies to normal traveling in all directions, north, south, east and the
west; and the boundaries are set fairly wide. (iv) Kșetra-vệddhi (Expanding the limits of the area of
movements) (v) Smrti-antardhāna (Forgetfulness)- forget the limit
fixed earlier. 2. Bhogopabhogaprimāņa-vrata (Vow of limiting the
Quantity of things one will use)
This is the vow of limiting one's enjoyment of consumable and non-consumable things everyday. There are two types of things, viz. bhoga (consumables) and upabhoga (consumables more than one time). 20 Bhoga things are those, which can be used only once or used internally such as food, flower garlands, betel or other etables, water etc. Upabhoga things or those that can be used repeatedly or used externally viz. clothes, bed, furniture, women, vehicles, etc. This vow is to limit the quantity of bhoga and upabhoga things. It is a self-imposed restriction to the number of things to be used, etc. One who practices it knows how much restraint is to put on the free play of desires by its observance.
Two basic division of this vrata are recognized by Svetāmbaras: 21 it may refer to food eaten or to occupation pursued. Other topics included under the bhogopabhoga-parimāņa-vrata are: anantakāyas, the abhakşyas and rätri-bhojana.
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