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the
vaha
The After 6 months 33 Pedha
Vatsa- Milkperson Type of Place of initiating item for The food monsoon fast because
palika rice Time rigorous Place breaking
of Sangama
(wife of a Sweet the practice
fast breaking
cowherd) Soup breaking fast of fast
Eleventh Four months Vaishali Vaishali Maid- With First Paksha At
monsoon
servant puffed monsoon Kshaman i.e. Moraka-1
at the up 15 days fasts At
house urida Asthika-7
of the
pulses
merchant. After 15 days fasts Kanaka Uttar- Nagasena Milk-rice
Abhinava monsoon khala vachala
Sweet Ashram
Soup
After 5 months and Kau Kau- ChanSecond One month-1 Nalanda Nalanda Vijaya, Cooked
monsoon 25 days shambi shambi danbala
at the monsoon One month-2
(For rigorous food
with mer
house of practices)
the chant light
merchant Ananda pulses
DhanaOne month-3
Sunanda Milk-rice
Sweet Soup
Twelfth Four months Champa Outside One month-4 Kollaka Bahula Milk-rice monsoon
the Brah- Sweet
town
Two fasts min Forty
PavaSoup second
puri After Two days Brahmin Nanda Rice monsoon
at the monsoon fasts
mixed
time of with
death
curds Third Two months" | Champa Champa monsoon
outside
. During the twelve and a half years and fifteen days of the city
penance Bhagavan Mahavira neither sat with folded legs
nor slept. Most of the practices were done while standing Fourth Four Prishtha Outside
or by sitting on the front soles. monsoon months32 Champa the city
• During the 4515 days of the 12 years and six and a half Fifth Bhadrika
months he took food for only 349 days. The remaining 4166 monsoon
days were days of fasting without food or water.
• He wasted minimum time and maintained almost silence Sixth
during this period of practice. monsoon
• Though destined to be redeemed in this very life he Seventh Alam
undertook the most rigorous practices of penance and monsoon bhika
brought to the minds of the people that external rigorous
practices are extremely necessary for redemption. Eighth With various Rajagriha
• Non-Jain authors have admired Bhagavan Mahavira as a monsoon rigorous
man of long penance - 'Deergha Tapasvi' because of his practices
penance over a long duration while undergoing all suf
ferings and ordeals. Ninth Four months Vajramonsoon bhumi
• The rigorous penance in the form of fasting etc. observed
by people of all the age groups is an outstanding, and Tenth With various Shravasti Outside
impressive characteristic of the Jain community which monsoon penances the sity
adds to its glory. Bhadra,
• The Vedic and Bauddhist texts also enjoin penance and After Mahabhadra Sanu- Sanula- Bahula With
glorify its significance with the only difference that the monsoon and Bhadra labdhika bdhika maid- Biranja Jains have continuously maintained its tradition intact on Pratima
servant (rice
a vast scale in its difficult forms with all seriousness and fast for
at the mixed discretion. two, four
home with and ten
sugar) days
Ananda
33. The months except those of the monsoon are usually from November to June
31 Masakshamana is a Sanskrit word while Masakhamana is a Prakrit word
It means fasting for a month 32. Fasting for a fortnight is known as Paksha Kshamana, for a month as
Masa kshamana, for two months as Dwi-Masi, four months as Char-Masi and so on.
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