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    Different names for ayambil tap

    12 months ago 125

    Here are the common names and ways people refer to Ayambil Tap in Jain tradition:

    • Ayambil — the standard name (English transliteration)
    • Āyambil / Āyambila — Prakrit/Sanskrit-based form
    • Ayambel / Āyambel — regional pronunciation (esp. Gujarati/Marwari)
    • Āyambil Tap / Ayambil Tapa — emphasizing it as a penance (tapasya)
    • Rasa-parityāga Ayambil — technical description highlighting “giving up taste-extracts/spices”
    • Ayambil Ekāsaṇ — when it is done as one bland meal taken in one sitting
    • Ayambil Oli — when the same Ayambil is observed for nine days during the biannual Navpad Oli
    • Chaitri Oli Ayambil — the Navpad Oli in the month of Chaitra (spring)
    • Asoj/Ashwin Oli Ayambil — the Navpad Oli in Ashwin (autumn)

    Traditions:

    • Shvetambar and Digambar both use “Ayambil/Ayambel.” In Digambar texts/practice you may also see it described as “Ekabhukta with rasa-parityāga,” meaning one meal with renunciation of tasty extracts like oil, ghee, milk, curd, sweets, etc. The essence is the same: simple, non-spicy, non-fried, limited-food restraint taken for inner purification.

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