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Gyan · 4 kinds

ચાર પ્રકારના આહાર

The four kinds of ahar

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અશનAshan

Food that satisfies hunger: grains, dal, rotli, rice, sweets and the like.

પાનPanam

Water (for Jains, boiled water).

ખાદિમKhadim

Things eaten as a snack rather than a meal: fruit, dry fruit, roasted grain and the like.

સ્વાદિમSvadim

Things taken for taste or as a digestive: mukhvas, cloves, cardamom, betel nut, and some medicines.

પચ્ચક્ખાણમાંIn the pachchakkhan

Chauvihar gives up all four, Tivihar the three other than water, and Duvihar ashan and khadim, keeping water and svadim.