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Aryikās: The Digambara Sadhvis
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- caturviṁśatistava;
- three avartas, one sironati;
- pañcamahāgurubhakti, sung in vandanamudrā;
- alocană (of the preceding bhakti);
· pañcānga-namaskāra;
- three avartas, one sironati;
- sāmāyika-sutra;
- three ävartas, one sironati;
- kāyotsarga;
- pañcānga-namaskāra;
- three avartas, one sironati;
- caturviṁśatistava;
- three avartas, one śironati;
- laghu-samādhibhakti;
- alocană (of the preceding bhakti);
- dhyāna.
We have here a harmony between the texts, recited or sung, and the gestures, postures and bodily demeanour, with the performance of kāyotsarga introducing a short regular cessation of all movement for a few moments of dhyāna.
This very comprehensive rite contains four āvaśyakas: the iryāpatha-śuddhi (the pratikramana related to comings and goings); the vow of sâmāyika and the caturviņšatistava, each being repeated
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