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[[File:BahubaliBhagwan-1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bahubali]] practicing meditation in standing Kayotsarga posture. (Photo: Gommateshwara statue, [[Shravanbelagola]])]]<br />
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'''Kayotsarga''' ({{Lang-sa|कायोत्सर्ग}} {{IAST|Kāyotsarga}}, {{lang-pka|काउस्सग्ग}} {{IAST|Kāussagga}}) is a [[Yoga|yogic]] posture which is an important part of the [[Jain meditation]]. It literally means "dismissing the body".{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=210}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Kayotsarga: A jaina technique of relaxation|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/kayotsarga-a-jaina-technique-of-relaxation/15806607.shtml|website=www.merinews.com|date = 8 May 2010}}</ref> A [[tirthankara]] is represented either seated in yoga posture or standing in the kayotsarga posture.{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=209–210}} ''Kayotsarga'' means "to give up one's physical comfort and body movements", thus staying steady, either in a standing or other posture, and concentrating upon the true nature of the soul. It is one of the six essentials (''avasyaka'') of a [[Jain monasticism|Jain ascetic]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=The nature of the Whole: Holism in Ancient Greek and Indian Medecine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qj0er3XA5MsC&q=kayotsarga+jain+ascetic&pg=PA39|journal=Books.google.ch|isbn = 9788120827349|last1 = Pitman|first1 = Vicki|year = 2006}}</ref> and one of the 28 primary attributes of a [[Digambara monk]]<br />
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Twenty-one of the tīrthankaras of [[Jainism]] are said to have attained ''[[Moksha (Jainism)|moksha]]'' in the kayotsarga “standing meditation” posture. An example of unflinching standing meditation is that of ''[[Arihant (Jainism)|Arihant]] [[Bahubali]]'' who is said to have stood in kayotsarga for a year.{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=212}}<br />
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== Sāmayika ==<br />
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In performing ''sāmayika'' (daily meditation), the ''śrāvaka'' has to stand facing north or east and bow to the ''[[Pancha-Parameṣṭhi]]''.{{sfn|Jain|1917|p=44, 61}} He then sit down and recites the [[Namokara mantra]] a certain number of times, and finally devotes himself to holy meditation. This consists in:{{sfn|Jain|1917|p=45}}<br />
*''pratikramana'', recounting the sins committed and repenting for them, <br />
*''pratyākhyanā'', resolving to avoid particular sins in future, <br />
*''sāmayika karma'', renunciation of personal attachments, and the cultivation of a feeling of regarding every body and thing alike, <br />
*''stuti'', praising the four and twenty Tīrthankaras, <br />
*''vandanā'', devotion to a particular ''Tirthankara'', and <br />
*''kāyotsarga'', withdrawal of attention from the body (physical personality) and becoming absorbed in the contemplation of the spiritual Self.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
*{{citation|last1=Zimmer|first1=Heinrich|title=Philosophies Of India|year=1953|editor=Joseph Campbell|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd|location=London, E.C. 4|url=https://archive.org/details/Philosophy.of.India.by.Heinrich.Zimmer|isbn=978-8120807396}}<br />
*{{citation | url=https://archive.org/details/TheRatnaKarandaSravakachara | title=The Householder's Dharma: English Translation of The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara | publisher=The Central Jaina Publishing House | date=1917 | author=Jain, Champat Rai|authorlink=Champat Rai Jain}}<br />
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