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The traditionally prescribed Jain fast consists in abstinence from food and sometimes from water for thirty-six hours. It begins just after sunset and is broken after sunrise or later. It is performed on holy days, which are devoted to self-examination, self-criticism, and self-purification.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 4 : Fasting > # 40