Fasting
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Stations · Xerophagies · abstinence · fast · fasting · fasts · the chastening of diet · the fast · upavāsa
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De ieiunio adversus psychicos
The disciplinary practice of abstaining from food, defended by Tertullian as a divinely sanctioned spiritual duty.
But again you fix boundary-stakes for God, as concerning grace, so concerning discipline;
But Daniel too, in the first year of king Darius, when fasting in sackcloth and ashes he was making confession to God, says:
" And so for the rest, fasting is to be done indifferently, by choice and not by command, according to a new discipline, to suit the times and occasions of each man.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Upavāsa (fasting), both a defined concept (abstention from cooked food and enjoyments) and a prescribed remedy for ritual faults.
is to be known as a fast (*upavāsaḥ* (उपवासः)), devoid of all enjoyments.
Abstention from cooked foods, along with the observance of virtues, // Ang_1.
on that day there should be a fast (*upavāsaḥ* (उपवासः)), and the *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध) should be redone on the next day.