Digambar
Dashalakshana Parva
One chapter of the Tattvartha Sutra a day, and one dharma a day: uttama kshama (forbearance), mardava (gentleness), arjava (straightforwardness), shaucha (purity), satya (truth), samyama (restraint), tapas (austerity), tyaga (renunciation), akinchanya (non-possession) and brahmacharya (chastity). Restraint is graded — dietary limits, one meal, or a complete fast on boiled water — with most fasting completely on the first and tenth days. There are rath yatra processions of the Jina image and temple worship throughout. Ananta Chaturdashi, the tenth day, is the most sacred day of the year for Digambars, worshipped with fourteen flowers for Anantanath, the fourteenth Jina. Sugandha Dashami and the Ratnatraya Vrat fall inside the ten days.
- Digambar
- kept by
- Ten days
- how long
- 16–25 September 2026
- when it falls
Which traditions keep it
Digambar. It is not a ten-day version of Paryushan: it is structured around the ten dharmas of the Tattvartha Sutra rather than the life of Mahavira, it runs on different days, and it ends in Ananta Chaturdashi and then Kshamavani rather than in Samvatsari Pratikraman.
What is done
One chapter of the Tattvartha Sutra a day, and one dharma a day: uttama kshama (forbearance), mardava (gentleness), arjava (straightforwardness), shaucha (purity), satya (truth), samyama (restraint), tapas (austerity), tyaga (renunciation), akinchanya (non-possession) and brahmacharya (chastity). Restraint is graded — dietary limits, one meal, or a complete fast on boiled water — with most fasting completely on the first and tenth days. There are rath yatra processions of the Jina image and temple worship throughout. Ananta Chaturdashi, the tenth day, is the most sacred day of the year for Digambars, worshipped with fourteen flowers for Anantanath, the fourteenth Jina. Sugandha Dashami and the Ratnatraya Vrat fall inside the ten days.
Why two sources give two days
The same site publishes both, which is simply an internal inconsistency rather than a doctrinal difference. Ananta Chaturdashi is Bhadrapada Shukla 14, and Shukla 14 is the tithi at sunrise on 25 September 2026 at Mumbai, which would put the ten days at 16–25 September. Please confirm against a Digambar panchang before you fix anything by it.
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AboutWhy two sources give two days
What we could not verify
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- The order of the ten dharmas
- Some lists swap the fourth and fifth, putting satya before shaucha. Both orderings are in circulation.
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AboutThe order of the ten dharmas
Sources
Where this came from
Graded, so you can weigh a claim rather than take it on trust.
- JAINpedia — Dasa Laksana ParvanInstitutional or scholarly
- Tattvartha Sutra 9.6, with commentary (wisdomlib)Institutional or scholarly
The ten dharmas are at Tattvartha Sutra 9.6. JAINpedia cites 10.6; 9.6 is what the standard recensions carry.
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