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APPENDIX
A) Significance of the Rosery (Mala): A rosery consists of 108 beads representing 108 qualities of praiseworthy souls -
1. Arihantas
12 qualities
2. Siddhas
3. Acharyas
4. Upadhyaya
5. Sadhus
Total
8
36
25
27
108
B) Types of Pratikraman:
1. Raysi
2. Devsi
Pratikraman done in the morning
Pratikraman done in the evening
3. Pakhi-Pratikraman done fortnightly
4. Chaumasi Pratikraman done every four months
5. Samvatsari - Pratikraman done on Samvatsari day
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