Dash Lakshan Parva is the Digambara Jain festival of ten days, each day focusing on one supreme virtue (lakshana) of the soul. The period is a time of intensified practice, study, and self-discipline, often with fasting or restrained eating, scriptural discourses, and participation in confession (kshamavani) and pratikraman.

Key points

• Duration and purpose: Ten days dedicated to practicing and reflecting on ten virtues that guide a Jain life.
• The ten virtues (one per day):

1) Uttama Kshama — Supreme Forgiveness 2) Uttama Mardava — Supreme Humility 3) Uttama Arjava — Supreme Straightforwardness/Honesty 4) Uttama Shaucha — Supreme Purity/Contentment 5) Uttama Satya — Supreme Truth 6) Uttama Sanyam — Supreme Self-restraint 7) Uttama Tapa — Supreme Austerity 8) Uttama Tyag — Supreme Renunciation/Detachment 9) Uttama Akinchanya — Supreme Non-attachment 10) Uttama Brahmacharya — Supreme Celibacy

• End and forgiveness: The period typically ends with Kshamavani (forgiveness day) and then a community confession (pratikraman), followed by Anant Chaturdashi celebrations in many places.
• Traditions: In Digambar communities, these ten days are observed as the primary Dash Lakshan Parva. Shvetambar communities have Paryushan as their main annual observance (often eight days) with its own forgiveness rituals; the two practices are parallel but differ in duration and certain rites.

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