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(6) TASSA UTTARI SUTRA
Tassa Uttari Karanenam, Päyachchhitta Karanenam, Visohi Karanenam, Visalli Karanenam, Pavanam Kammänam Nigghäyanatthäe Thämi Käusaggam.
Meaning: Tassa=its, Uttari Karanenam=for atonement, Päyachchhitta Karanenam=for repentance, Visohi Karanenam=for purification, Visalli Karanenam=for removal of hindrance, Pavänam=sinful, Kammänam=karma, Nigghäyanatthäe=for uprooting, Thämi=undertake, Käusaggam=Käusagga.
Translation: For the sake of atonement, repentance, purification, removal of hindrance and for uprooting the sinful activities, I am undertaking the Käusagga.
In Käusagga one has to stay motionless and observe physical as well as mental silence. Exceptions have, however, to be made for certain involuntary activities that continue to take place. In Jain terminology such exceptions are known as Ägär. Before commencing a Käusagga, one therefore recites the following Sutra, which specifies such exceptions.
