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<ol><li>Laghuupavasa (1-3 days)</li>
<ol><li>Laghuupavasa (1-3 days)</li>
<li>Madhyamupavasa (4-6 days)</li>
<li>Madhyamupavasa (4-6 days)</li>
<li>Dirghaupavasa (7 to 30-40 days)</li></ol></ul>
<li>Dirghaupavasa (7 to 30-40 days)</li></ol>
<li style="font-weight:bold">According to Vachaspatyam: <span style="font-weight:normal">two types [Vachaspatyam-1322]</span></li>
<ol><li>Vaidha or lawful fasting</li>
<li>Avaidha or lawless fasting</li></ol>
<li style="font-weight:bold">According to Jainism:<ref>https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/upavasa<ref></li>
<ol><li>Ekashana: Having a single meal a day.</li>
<li>Aayambil: Having one meal per day and boiled water along with restrictionsfor some particular food items like milk, curd, cheese, sugar, oil, tea, coffee, sour, spicy food</li>
<li>Biyashana: Having two meals per day</li>
<li>Unodara: Consuming smaller portions than desired and avoiding hunger.</li>
<li>VruttiSankshep: restricting the amount of food consumed.</li>
<li>Rasa parityag: renunciation of one's favourite meals.</li>
<li>ChauviharUpavasa: From the preceding dusk till the dawn of the third day, any sort of food and liquid is prohibited.</li>
<li>TriviharUpavasa: From the previous evening's sundown through the next morning's sunrise, all food and liquids are prohibited.</li>
<li>Aathai: Foreight days without meals, just boiled water is consumed.</li>
<li>Navai: For nine days without meals, just boiled water is consumed.</li>
<li>Solbhatu: For sixteen days without meals, just boiled water is consumed.</li>
<li>Maaskshaman: To abstain from food for a full month.</li>
<li>Varshitap: Individual consumes only on alternate days between dawn and dusk.</li></ol>
<li>According to some other acharya<ref>Rai kumar vijay(2021)swastvrat vighyan;Varnasi;Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthana;Fifth Edition;p.547</ref></li>
<ol><li>Kalikaupavasa: Fasting for a specific time duration in a day.</li>
<li>Dugdhakalpa: When only milk is permissible for drinking during fasting.</li>
<li>Rasoupavasa:When an individual restricts oneself to a specific taste.</li></ol></ul>
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== References ==