The Extraction of Determinations for Lunar Days

...Kamalakara says.

Now, the Smarta Decision

In this regard, if the Tenth Day Sanskrit: daśamī is present at sunrise, the Eleventh Day is considered "Pierced" Sanskrit: viddhā; meaning it is overlapped or contaminated by the preceding day; otherwise, it is "Pure" Sanskrit: śuddhā.

Among the "Pure" variations, for the first six types, the fast should be observed on the first day. This is the consensus of the Madhavanirnaya, Kamalakara, and many other authorities. Regarding the third variation, Hemadri A famous 13th-century administrator and author of the legal compendium Chaturvarga Chintamani states that everyone should observe the second day Sanskrit: uttarā. Kamalakara defines the specific measurements of this for the physical body.

In the seventh and eighth variations, householders Sanskrit: gṛhastha and those performing rituals with specific worldly desires should observe the first day. However, Ascetics Sanskrit: yati, Forest-dwellers Sanskrit: vānaprastha, and Widows should observe the second day. Regarding the eighth variation, Hemadri and Kamalakara state that for the sake of achieving liberation, one should act in a similar fashion. In the ninth variation, for

all people, the fast falls only on the second day.

In the combination of the tenth and eleventh variations, householders The OCR reads hastaiḥ ("by hands"), but contextually this is a common transcription error for gṛhasthaiḥ ("by householders") observe the first day, while Ascetics and Widows observe the second.

In the twelfth variation, the fast falls on the second day for everyone.

In the thirteenth variation, according to the opinion of the Madhavanirnaya, the first day is for everyone. However, Kamalakara states that for those Seeking Liberation Sanskrit: mumukṣūṇāṃ and those with sons, the fast is on the second day; for all others, it is on the first.

In the fourteenth variation, the fast is generally on the first day; however, even there, for those seeking liberation, it is the second, while for others it is the first—this is the view of the Madanaratna. Note that in this fourteenth variation, according to the opinions of Hemadri and Madhava, it is the second day, but according to the Nirnayamrita and the Madanaratna, it is the first.

In the sixteenth variation, for all—