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move from place to place and it is not surprising that the laymen complain that sometimes there is too much of interference from the ascetics. The Digambara ascetic is allowed to have only two possessions, a peacock's feather and a brush and has to live entirely in the jungle.
In regard to biographies of great teachers :
The Svetāmbaras use the term make use of the term Purāna.
Caritra and the Digambaras
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