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EXPLANATION OF TECHNICALITIES
5 Kalyānakas = svasthāna = māsika
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1 mula guna=müla and gurūmāsa A Pancha kalyanaka is the continuous observance without interruption of a kalyanaka five times.
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Sastha 1 two-days' fast with only one meal each on the day preceding the commencement and the day following the observance Kshamana upavăsa Chāturamāsa=4 pancha kalyānakas, or continuous fasting, on alternate days, for four months. Mithyakara (literally, it may be annulled), a form of regret, dissociation with the result of a sin committed by oneself, "nay this action of mine be annulled 1" Nyama-daily self-examination for the faults committed The evening nyama commences before the disk of the sun has half disappeared below the horizon, and the moining one should end before the dawn. Locha fasting, with 1egular intervals, for the period of a locha Locha signifies plucking out the hair, which is recommended to be performed after every two, three or four months In the case of a short locha (with a duration of two
