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troubled the Shastrakaras in the past, and their solution of the difficulty is as follows:-Of the two tithis, viz., Chaturdashi and Purnima or Amavasya, the first viz., Chaturdashi is the fixed day of Paksika; for Paksika is a tithi-niyata rite and therefore must be performed on Chaturdashi only. But that is not the case with observances prescribed for Purnima or Amavasya; in other words, these fasts etc. are not tithiniyata, not fixed for any particular tithi. Such fasts therefore may be observed either before or after the date, if they could not be observed on those tithis. Hiraprasna, a work of the 17th century V. E., has pointedly suggested this course.
The Chaturthi in the bright half of Bhadrapada is another tithi-niyata day for the observance of Samvatsari; Chaturthi therefore must be used for the observance of Samvatsari. This observance also is not shiftable. It is true that the original date for the observance of Samvatsari was Panchami, but owing to some local difficulty, Kalakacharya shifted it back to Chaturthi. This act of Kalkacharya, not being opposed to the teaching of the Shastras, is approved by all Jains. Since then Samvatsari came to be fixed for Chaturthi in the bright half of Bhadrapada. Similarly, if a tithi is merged in the preceding tithi, the previous tithi may have the Aradhana of that tithi as well as of the merged tithi.
I know that Acharya Sagarananda Suri offers a different interpretation of Umasvati's Rule. I reserve discussion and criticism of that interpretation for Issue No. VIII. But I should like to state emphatically here that the interpretation given by me above is the only and correct interpretation based on accepted canons of interpretation, supported by the Shastras and justified by long established usage.
Issue No. VI
With reference to this Issue, my findings are that Umasvati's Rule, as interpreted by me above, is of universal application, i. e. applicable to all tithis without distinction. I have not come across any valid authority classifying tithis into two divisions of Parvatithis and Aparvatithis or ordinary tithis for the purpose of this rule, nor have I seen any passage in the Shastras suggesting that Umasvati's Rule is applicable only to ordinary tithis. Mere prakarana or context cannot restrict the application of the Rule to any particular class of tithis, and it is not possible to accept the validity of one part and reject it of the other part. Acharya Sagarananda Suri, who now challenges the validity of popular Panchaga in religious sphere, has to admit that there are ksina tithis even in the Siddhanta Tippana. Of the thirty ksina tithis in the Siddhanta Tippan, at least six happen to be parvatithis and among them two Purnimas. According to Sraddhavidhiprakarana, the tithis of the Kalyanakas of Tirthamkaras
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