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There was not complete agreement on the matter of non-possessiveness. There were some sects that, while advocating for nudity and possession of water vessels, nonetheless accepted many subordinate rules in practice. In a way, they were classified as having gentle or moderate tendencies. There were also some sects that strictly adhered to nudity and followed it in practice. These were considered to have intense or extreme tendencies. It appears that there were some sects or groups that considered nudity as a common form; therefore, they were all classified as Digambaras. It is natural that the texts authored by scholars or ascetics belonging to these various moderate and intense feeling sects or traditions would present oppositional depictions of nudity and clothing. Additionally, some groups, like the Yapaniya, did not even qualify as a strict sect and could not find a place in the non-possessive faction. When these sects disappeared, several writings of their teachers, which were particularly favorable to their own stance, were primarily preserved by the Svetambara faction, while some writings remained specifically within the Digambara faction, eventually leading to the establishment of a Digambara tradition over time. In this way, it is not inconsistent that in the collective works of various scholars from ancient, medieval, moderate, and extreme Digambara sects, one might find extreme representations of nudity in some places and limited subordinate representations in others.