A type of Utpādana Doṣa (the blemish pertaining to the ways adopted in obtaining bhikṣā (accepting food etc. by going to houses for collecting them in conformity with the canonical instruction)) by an ascetic);
to obtain bhikṣā by Nimitta- prognosticating the profit and loss pertaining to the past, present and future.
atītā'nāgatavarttamānakāleṣu lābhā'lābhādikathanaṃ nimittam. tad bhikṣāithaṃ kurvato nimittapiṇḍaḥ.
(Yośā 1.38 Vṛ p. 135)