Paryushan Parva
काय खाल्ले जाते, आणि ते कसे पाळायचे
पर्युषण पर्वParyushan Parva
Eight days for Shvetambara Jains, ten for Digambara Jains (Das Lakshana), in Bhadrapada — usually August or September.
स्रोत·Published accounts of Paryushan Parva as commonly observed·प्रथा कुटुंब, प्रदेश आणि संप्रदायानुसार वेगळ्या असतात·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
How long Paryushan Parva runs
8–10दिवस
The length of the period; individual fasts within it run from one day to the whole of it. Eight or ten days of the most structured fasting in India. The most varied and most structured fasting tradition covered here. Practice ranges from ekasana — one meal a day — through ayambil, upvas (water only, boiled and taken in daylight hours), to attham of three days and, for a few, atthai of all eight.
डेटासेट जसे सांगतो तसे: Eight or ten days, with individual fasts within it lasting from one day to the entire period.
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·Paryushan Parva entry·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
What Paryushan Parva is
Paryushan is the central observance of the Jain year, ending in Samvatsari and the asking of forgiveness — Micchami Dukkadam. Its fasting practice is more codified than anything else on this site, with named forms carrying precise rules, and it is undertaken with guidance from sadhus and sadhvis and within a community that knows how to support it.
Two features distinguish Jain fasting practically. First, water when taken is boiled and taken only in daylight hours — chauvihar means nothing after sunset, not even water. Second, the longer forms — attham, atthai and beyond — involve consecutive days without food that go far past anything in the other traditions here, and they are undertaken with community and often medical awareness around them.
प्रथा वेगवेगळ्या असतात. Shvetambara and Digambara practice differ, as do the traditions within each. The form of fast a person keeps is decided with guidance, according to capacity, and increasing it without that guidance is not the norm. Nothing on this page should be treated as instruction.
ही नोंद कशी तयार केली आहे, आणि अन्नाची मोजणी कशी केली आहे
- The observance is read from published accounts of Paryushan Parva and written as commonly observed — कधीही आवश्यक म्हणून नाही, कधीही बरोबर म्हणून नाही. जिथे कुटुंबांमध्ये फरक असतो, तिथे नोंद फरक असल्याचे सांगते.
- वरील कमान पाळला जाणारा कालावधी यांच्यादरम्यान दाखवते नावानिशी दिलेली स्थानके दिवसाचे टप्पे — सूर्योदय, माध्यान्ह, सूर्यास्त, चंद्रोदय — आणि कधीही ठराविक वेळांदरम्यान नाही. सेहरी, इफ्तार, चंद्रोदय आणि सूर्यास्त हे स्थानिक आणि धार्मिकदृष्ट्या महत्त्वाचे आहेत, आणि ही साइट त्यांपैकी एकही प्रकाशित करत नाही.
- कालावधी डेटासेट स्वतः जो पल्ला सांगतो त्यातून, पल्ला म्हणूनच घेतला आहे. जिथे कालावधी अक्षांश आणि ऋतूवर अवलंबून असतो, तिथे कालावधी छापलेलाच नाही.
- अन्नऊर्जा प्रत्येक पदार्थ प्रत्यक्षात ज्या प्रमाणात खाल्ला जातो त्या सर्व्हिंगनुसार दिली आहे — जिथे तक्त्यात तो पदार्थ आहे तिथे IFCT 2017 (ICMR–NIN) मधून, आणि जिथे नाही तिथे नाव दिलेल्या पर्यायी स्रोतातून.
- प्रत्येक बिल्डवेळी प्रत्येक पदार्थ Atwater घटकांशी ताळमेळ घालून तपासला जातो, आणि ताळमेळ न बसणारे पान प्रकाशित होत नाही.
serving kcal = per-100 g kcal × (serving g ÷ 100) energy check = 4·protein + 4·carbohydrate + 9·fat (±15%, ±20% high-fibre) day shape = observed span, station → station (no clock times, ever)
प्रथेनुसार काय खाल्ले जाते, आणि काय बाजूला ठेवले जाते
सामान्यतः पाळले जाते असे वर्णन. लागू होणारी प्रथा तुमच्या स्वतःच्या कुटुंबाची आहे.
सामान्यतः खाल्ले जाणारे
- In ekasana, one seated meal a day, taken in daylight
- In biyasana, two
- In ayambil, a single bland meal without milk, curd, ghee, oil, sugar, salt or green vegetables
- In upvas, boiled water only, and only during daylight
- Root vegetables — potato, onion, garlic, carrot, radish — are set aside entirely, as are green vegetables on many days
प्रथेनुसार बाजूला ठेवले जाणारे
- All root vegetables and anything grown underground
- Food and water after sunset — chauvihar
- Green vegetables on specified days
- Meat, fish, eggs, alcohol and honey, as year-round practice
स्रोत·Published accounts of Paryushan Parva·नोंदवलेले, सांगितलेले नाही; प्रादेशिक प्रथा बदलते आणि तो बदल हीच प्रथा आहे·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
अन्न, आकड्यांसह
Foods commonly associated with Paryushan Parva, at the serving each is really eaten in. Every one has its own page with the full breakdown.
| Food | One serving is | Calories | Protein | Carbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain Water | 1 glass · 250 g | 0 kcal | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
| गायीचे दूध (फुल क्रीम) | 1 glass · 200 g | 124 kcal | 6.4 g | 9.0 g |
| Curd (Dahi) | 1 katori · 150 g | 90 kcal | 4.7 g | 4.5 g |
| Banana | 1 medium banana · 100 g | 105 kcal | 1.3 g | 24.0 g |
| Apple | 1 medium apple · 180 g | 112 kcal | 0.5 g | 23.6 g |
| Samak Rice (Barnyard Millet) | 1 katori raw · 80 g | 246 kcal | 5.0 g | 52.4 g |
| Jaggery (Gur) | 1 small piece · 20 g | 77 kcal | 0.1 g | 19.0 g |
या 7 पदार्थांपैकी प्रत्येकाची एक सर्व्हिंग मिळून साधारण होते 754 kcal — a scale check, not a menu. Paryushan Parva is not a calorie target and this table is not a plan.
What the vrat foods cost, counted per serving rather than per 100 g.
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·दिलेल्या सर्व्हिंग वजनानुसार·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
आठवडा न बिघडवता हे कसे पाळायचे
हा भाग कोणीच नीट प्रकाशित करत नाही. यातले काहीही तुम्हाला व्रत बदलायला सांगत नाही — व्यायाम, झोप आणि जेवणाच्या वेळा हे तुमच्या हातातले घटक आहेत, उपवास नाही.
Training
Multi-day upvas is not compatible with meaningful training, and the tradition itself frames these days around restraint and study rather than physical exertion. Walking is what most people do. Return to training gradually after paran rather than at the previous week's loads — three days without food genuinely reduces work capacity for some days afterwards.
Sleep
Chauvihar — nothing after sunset — means the last intake is early, which most people find improves sleep rather than harming it. The exception is a long upvas, where hunger can disturb the night.
Blood sugar
Multi-day fasts without food are among the highest-risk patterns on this site for anyone on glucose-lowering medication, and Jain communities generally have well-established relationships with doctors who understand the practice. That is the right route: a doctor who knows what attham and atthai actually involve.
Hydration
Where boiled water is permitted, take it in daylight — the daylight restriction means the practical risk is a long dry night, not a dry day. Front-loading fluid in the afternoon before sunset is what experienced practitioners do.
The specific risk with Paryushan Parva
Long consecutive fasts need supervision, and the Jain tradition builds that in through community and guidance. The specific medical risks in multi-day fasting are dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, hypoglycaemia in those on medication, and refeeding problems if a long fast is broken with a very large meal. Paran is traditionally gentle for exactly this reason.
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Questions asked about Paryushan Parva
What is chauvihar?
The practice of taking nothing at all — food or water — after sunset until sunrise. It is a defining feature of Jain dietary observance and is kept far more widely than the longer fasts.
What is ayambil?
A single daily meal of bland, boiled food without milk, curd, ghee, oil, sugar, salt, spice or green vegetables. It is kept during Paryushan by some and forms its own nine-day observance twice a year — see the Ayambil Oli page.
Why are root vegetables avoided?
Ahimsa. Uprooting a plant destroys the whole organism and, in Jain understanding, harms the many small lives in the soil around it. It is an ethical principle rather than a dietary one, and it applies year-round in observant households, not only during Paryushan.
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·observance accounts and food composition·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Practices are described as commonly observed; customs differ by family, region, community and sampradaya, and this site is not an authority on any of them. Food values come from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), the older ICMR–NIN tables, USDA FoodData Central, named composition studies and the shared ThaliFacts dataset, reconciled against Atwater factors on every build. Which source applies to which food is listed per food, and every source carries the date it was last checked. General information only — not medical or religious guidance. Fasting is not safe for everyone, particularly during pregnancy or with diabetes or other conditions. Speak to a doctor first.
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