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    Can you eat onion powder or garlic powder in paryushan

    12 months ago 98

    Short answer: No. In Paryushan (and in general Jain practice), onion powder and garlic powder are not eaten.

    Why:

    • Jains avoid root vegetables (like onions, garlic, potatoes, turnips) because uprooting roots harms living organisms and these foods are considered non-sattvic.
    • Onion and garlic powders are simply processed forms of onion and garlic, so they are treated the same as eating the fresh items.
    • During Paryushan, many Jains observe stricter dietary rules and thus avoid these items even more rigorously.

    Note on traditions:

    • Both Digambar and Śvetāmbara communities generally follow the root-vegetable avoidance. There can be local or guru-guided variations in everyday practice, but the standard guidance during Paryushan is to abstain from onion and garlic in any form.

    If you’d like, I can share a simple, root-vegetable–free pantry list for Paryushan.

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