The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.65

c10.65

§150. As mentioned above and acc. to Utt. 26, 12 the the first and fourth porisi at day and at night are assigned to instruction (sajjhāya). The statements made by Nis. 19, 8; Ṭhāṇ. 213 b. are more detailed and yet less accurate. They forbid lessons at dawn and at dusk, at noon² and at midnight, and Ṭhāṇ. allows them in the morning and in the afternoon (puvvaṇhe and avaraṇhe), at or probably until—nightfall (paose) and at—or probably from—daybreak (paccūse). Holidays are constituted by the festivals (maha) in honour of Indra and Skanda, of a Yakṣa or a Bhūta (Nis. 19, 11). Acc. to Ṭhāṇ.