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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The Last Five Upångas [ II. Lect. 1.
72. Then that houseless monk Pauma, by the merit of his practising that noble penance (everything else is to be suppllied here exactly as in the case of Meha Sk. Meghakumăra, down to ) the occurrance of the thought while kee. ping a religious vigil. Similarly, having taken the permission of the Ascetic, the blessed Mahavîra, exactly as in the case of Meha and
observed is to substract two from the number which the term for a particular fast denotes and then divide the result by two. Thus subgtracting 'two' from the number "lour' which the tern Clauttha' denotes wo get 'two' and dividing this result by 'two' we get one. Hence Chauttlia' ineans 'one day's fast. Similarly substracting 'twu'from six' which the term 'Chauttha 'denotes wo get 'four) and dividing this result by 'two' we get 'two'. Hence 'Chhattha' means 'a two days fast'. Apply the saino rule to Atthaina, Dasau?, Duvālasama and so on and you will get the actual number of days for which a partioular fast is to be observed.
It may be noted here, by the by, that now a days, probably on account of the weak human powers, both physical as well as spiritual, meals before and after the actual days of fast are not cut off; e. g. a person
observing a Chauttha fast now a days cuts off not four but two meals only. Sly, in Chattha only four meals are cut off and not six, and so on.
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