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The detractors of the Acelaka group have not dismissed the fundamental teachings. Just as the Acelaka group claims that the original text of the Angashrut has been lost, in response, the Sajelaka group states that Jinkalpa, meaning the vessel of water or the essential qualities of the Acelaka that are accepted by Jain traditions, have also been lost due to the influence of time. However, it can be seen that the Sajelaka group has preserved all the texts and relevant interpretations that support the Acelaka tradition in the Sanskrit, collected, and newly compiled Shrut. The evidence that the fundamental text of the Angashrut upheld by the Sajelaka group is considerably preserved is that the Utsarga—being a general commentary—contains all the exceptions of the Acelaka group or the assertions of special paths that still exist today. While the naked conduct related to the Acelaka group is not Utsargic, as it merely states principles of Acelaka, the Sajelaka's text considers both Acelaka and Sajelaka practices as parts of liberation, and it also demonstrates the prevalence of genuine Acelaka conduct. The differences in opinion exist only in their interpretations of temporal context. While the Acelaka group's text does not recognize Sajelaka conduct as a part of liberation, it also views it as prohibitive. In this situation, it is clear that the Sajelaka group's text receives considerable support from the Angashrut in comparison to the dead assertions of the Acelaka group.
1. See this in "Parichay 5 29 dh no. 3."
2. गण-परमोहि-पुलाए आहार-खवग-उवसमे कप्पे । संजमतिय-केवलि-सिज्झणा य जम्बुम्मि बुच्छिण्णा ॥ विशेष० २५९३ ।
3. “In Sarvarthasiddhi, nakedness is considered the primary and undisputed cause of liberation—p. 248.