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Pratikramaṇa

The Jain rite of turning back: confession and repentance for harm done, said morning and evening.

Also: Pratikramana

Jainism, Sikhism and other paths

Pratikramaṇa means “going back”. In it Jains review their faults, ask forgiveness of all living beings and resolve to do better. Its closing formula, in which one forgives all beings, asks all beings for forgiveness and declares friendship with all and enmity with none, is recited above all at the festival of Paryuṣaṇa.