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THE PENANCES
For going into another gachcha (community) of saints than one's own, that 18, the one in which one was ordained'
chheda of half of one's
seniority
NOTE-If the mula has been incurred by the achārya himself in this connection, he will nevertheless observe only some form of fasting instead of it
For ordaining a tried and experienced officer
of the state at a time when his services are indispensable for the public good3
pāranchiha parihära
For accepting the duly ordained and well
qualified pupil of another acharya (Leader) one pancha kalyanaka
For ordaining knowingly a man of no kula (family), from conceit of one's riddlus (miraculous powers), or from the desire to increase the number of one's pupils, if the pupil is given up
For ordaining a man of an untouchable caste under the above circumstances"
For not dissociating with a pupil of no kula (family) when the fact is discovered?
1 Ch 101 28 127 5 Ch 105-110 and 118
109
3 $ 250
6 Ch 110
one pancha Lalyānaka
cessation of intercourse
NOTE-No penalty is incurred in case of ignorance, if the pupil be given up It would appear from flohas 105-108 of the Chulika that Sudras are not allowed to aspire to samtly life, but under bloka No 154 of the same Book those of the Sudras at whose place the men of the three higher varnas may dine or in whose vessels they may drink water (termed Bhojya harus) may rise as high as the highest step on the householder's path Whether this distinction 18 scientific or only social, adopted under stress of persecution or ridicule from the men of the more widely prevalent caste ridden rival sect, is not quite clear The probability is in favour of the latter view, especially as floha 113 of the Chalika would seem to exclude from sainthood all those persons who are not born of parents of the
2 pancha Lalyānahas
4 Ch 105
7 Ch 109
