Answer

In most Jain vrats, rice is generally not eaten, because it is a regular grain food.

Explanation

Whether rice is allowed depends on the type of vrat:

• Upvas: No food is taken, so rice is not allowed.
• Ekasan / Beasan: Food is taken once or twice, but people usually follow vrat rules according to their family or sect tradition. Rice is often avoided in stricter vrat practice.
• Ayambil: Rice may be used only if it follows Ayambil rules — plain, boiled, without ghee, oil, spices, milk, curd, sugar, etc. But this depends on tradition.
• Special festival vrats: Rice is usually avoided unless your guru, family tradition, or temple practice allows it.

Spiritual Understanding

The purpose of vrat is not just food restriction, but reducing attachment to taste, practicing self-control, and purifying the mind.

Takeaway

If you are observing a Jain vrat, it is safest to avoid rice unless your specific vrat rules or guru tradition clearly allow it.