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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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etc in the manner described above. o as is usually and mistakingly understood, never means fasts for three days. It means only and always two fasts. In those days and sometimes to-day also when a peson wants to observe two days' fast, he drops one meal (that is he takes his meal once only ) on the days preceding and succeeding. In other words he drops six meals in all and therefore it is called (98) which means complete two days' fasts.
Page 40. ART and styfo are two kinds of wood the mutual attrition of which produces fire. They were the old substitutes of the modern matches.
Page 41, freagimi does not mean "keeping inomentarily awake.” It is likely to be so misunderstood. The word, as it stands, can yield that sense, but it is not supported by tradition and 25( something like " short notes”). It means a vigil or wakefulness observed specially to brood over the ephemeral ( 8facut ) nature of this world. There are many types of vigils (opf61) called Farafrafia, FHEMUTAT, enfotez stoffer etc.
Page 42. goqing 7 qftarzóny, (sk. gaérfa52 gefahnfax: ) a friend of my infancy and a friend in my monkhood.
Fee faat, this fara was formerly a king but he
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