Theory of Karman in Indian Thought

SR No.: 011109
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Koshelya Walli
Publisher: Bharat Manisha
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 377
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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madhya Prāyaścitta Viveka quotes. Jābālal and counts Candráyana of five types--
1. Yavamadhya 2. Pipilikā madhya 3. Yaticāndrāyana, 4. Sarvatomukha and 5. Śiśucāndrāyaṇa. .
It is a penance par excellence. When no specific name is mentioned, we may take as Candrāyaṇa.2 It destroys all sins. 3 When it is performed for a year, it becomes the instrument for accumulating of merit:4 According to Gautama Smrti,5 Kịcchra, atikịcchra and Cāndrāyana, are penances for all sins. When done .collectively grave sins are purified and when done separately 'Tesser sins are purified. : Yavamadhya Cándrāyaṇa is defined as follows
śuklapratipadá ( the first day of the bright half of a month )To take only one morsel of food.
Suklapakşadvitiya-Toʻtake only two morsels of food viz. on each day to go on increasing one mouthful till on the pürnamāsī fifteen morsels are taken.
Krşņapakşa pratipadă-F-urteen morsels are taken which are reduced by one on each succeeding day. On the fourteenth of the dark half only one morsel is eaten and on the Amavasya there is a complete fast. This is called Yavamadhya. because at the outset and at the end, less food is taken and in between i. e. on Purnimā much food is taken. Barley (Yava) is thin at two ends and thick in between, hence the term Yava-madhya6 is appropriate.
In case the Vrata is begun on the first tithi of the dark half, one morsel is reduced on the first day 'i. e. 14. morsels are taken
1. Prayascitta Viveka--P. 517 2. Yajñ avalkya Smrti III 326. 3. Manusmrti–XI 2214. Gautama Smarti:28.. 5. Gaurama Smrti 19 6, Manu XI 217