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[180] The [Gṛhatkalpasūtra] commentary refers to the loincloth or kaupīna that covers the private parts as *avagrahanantak* and the garment that covers it as *avagrahapattak*. The first sūtra prohibits both for monks, while the second sūtra prescribes both for nuns. Although the sūtra clearly prohibits both these items for monks, the commentator has written that if a monk suffers from a disease like fistula or piles, he can wear the *avagrahapattak* to protect other garments from blood and pus. The reason for nuns to keep and wear both these items is that during menstruation, their clothes should not be stained with blood. Therefore, it is prescribed that they should use both these garments during that time and keep them nearby at other times. It is also necessary to wear these items for the protection of virtue in the monastery, etc. Question: How many garments and utensils are prescribed for nuns? Answer: The *niyukti* and the commentator have instructed to keep 25 types of *upadhi*. Their names are as follows: 1. *pātra*, 2. *pātrabandha*, 3. *pātrasthāpana*, 4. *pātrakesarikā*, 5. *paṭalak*, 6. *rajastrāṇa*, 7. *gocchaka*, 8-10. three sheets (covering garments), 11. *rajoharaṇa*, 12. *mukhavastrikā*, 13. *mātraka*, 14. *kamḍhaka* (garment worn in the place of *cholapaṭṭaka*, *śāṭikā*), 15. *avagrahanantak* (loincloth covering the private parts), 16. *avagrahapattak* (garment wrapped around the waist over the loincloth), 17. *osaka* (garment like a loincloth covering the thighs), 18. *calanikā* (larger than *ardhāsoka*, covering the knees), 19. *abhyantara nivasinī* (covering half the knees), 20. *bahirnivasiṇī* (covering the ankles), 21. *kancuka* (blouse), 22. *aupakṣikī* (worn over the blouse), 23. *vaikṣikī* (covering the *kancuka* and *aupakṣikī*), 24. *saṅghāṭī* (worn in the residence), 25. *skandhakarṇī* (garment to be worn on the shoulder). Thus, there are 25 *upadhi* or items for Āryikās. The commentator has also prescribed that beautiful nuns should keep or wear *kubja-karṇī* along with *skandhakarṇī*. This means that lustful men may be attracted by the sight of a beautiful nun, so to make her look deformed, a bundle of clothes is placed on her back and tied, making her look hunchbacked. This is why this *upadhi* is called *kubja-karṇī*. In addition, the commentator has described the minimum and maximum number of garments and *upadhi* that monks and nuns can keep, as well as other important topics and duties. All these details should be known by those who are curious from the *sabhāṣya* *bṛhatkalpasūtra*. It is forbidden for a nun to accept clothes from her relatives: 13. *nigganthīe ya gāhāvaikulam piṇḍavāyapḍiyāe aṇuppavitāe celatthe samuppannejja no se kappi appano nissāe celam paḍiggahēttae*.