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turn, to request permission to perform the parts of the rite appertaining to the first three āvaśayakas.67
2. Sāmāyika-vidhi
i) The Namaskāra-sūtra.
ii) The laghu-guruvandana-sutra.
iii) Vandana to the arhats, the siddhas, the kevalins, to the ācārya (or ācāryas), to the munis and sādhvis of the gaccha.68
iv) A sütra (expressing desire of repentance and expiation of faults by means of kāyotsarga).69
v) The Namaskāra-sūtra.
vi) The sāmāyika-sūtra 70
vii) The saṁkșipta-pratikramaņa-sūtra.71
viii) Kāyotsarga (with examination of conscience in regard to the mahāvrat as, the samitis, the guptis, followed by the Namaskāra-sūtra repeated thrice).
67 In certain gacchas, one requests permission for the performance of each āvasyaka. According to the order followed here, one asks this permission separately only before the 4th, 5th and 6th avasyakas.
68 This vandana-sútra does not belong to the AvaS.
69 This sūtra does not belong to the AvaS.
70 The 1st avasyaka (P 700).
71 The 4th āvaśyaka (P 705).
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