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CHAPTER III
EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN TECHNICALITIES
Achamla= the taking of food consisting only of one kind of grain with water, and includes rice-water, with or without grains of rice soaked in it. Elasthana: =means either (1) eating only from one dish, pot or pan, and only as much as has been taken out at one time, whether it be only a tea-spoonful or mole, in the case of pulses, vegetables and the like, and only one rott, or puri, etc., in the case of more substantial things, or (2) going without food or discontinuing the process of eating, if one has to shift one's position from any cause If the position has to be shifted before the releasing of what is termed veerya mudra there is no harm, but afterwards food is forbidden even though eating has not commenced as yet.
Note-A saint places his right hand on his right shoulder when starting for his food The position is called
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