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No. I. ] Jain Temples, Monks and Nuns in Poona City
25 requisites were a pot made of wood for receiving alms (भिक्षापात्र), blanket, a रजोहरण (for cleaning and wiping the place they sit upon), a मुहपत्ती (a piece of white cloth covering the mouth), and a walking stick (दंडा). Inspite of the fact that they had मुहपत्ती none of them had actually covered his mouth with it.
They all belonged to the games which has three subdivisions e.g. सागरगच्छ, विमलगच्छ and विजयगच्छ. Out of these three गच्छs, the monks belonging to the first and the last visit Poona in large numbers, while those belonging to the faces do not do so in large numbers. There is no difference in in these three subdivisions of तपागच्छ. ____ There is also other गच्छ which is called खरतरगच्छ, and the diffe. rence between 0915 and a GTCIT even though slight, is no negligible.
(6) The तपागच्छ monks believe in पंचकल्याण: while the खरतर. गच्छीयs believe in छकल्याण, Besides the usual tचकल्याण: 13 the खरतरः believe that the conception of HETtit in a Brahmin family16 (before he was transferred to the womb of तिसाला खत्तियाणी), was also a कल्याण The तपागच्छीय monks ignore this and say that the conception of महावीर in a क्षत्रीय family is to be taken as a कल्याण.
(ii) The monks belonging to the तपागच्छ use a red coloured bowl while those of the can use black coloured bowl.
(ii) The annual प्रतिक्रमण' is done by those belonging to the खरतरगच्छ on भाद्रपद शु०५, while those belonging to the तपागच्छ do it on भाद्रपद शु० ४.
(iv) The खरतरगन्छीयs do not allow women to worship the images of तीर्थ करs.
15. "जिनभावान का पूर्व भवसे यन, जन्म, दोजा, केवन ज्ञान तथा मौज-प्राजि प अवपर'-- पाइपमहण्णवो - पंडित शं. p. 292 ; also-- 'पंज महाकलाणा सोसि जिणाण होति णिअमेण' -पंचसंग्रह ७.
16. 'तरा सके देविदे एवं संहिता हरिरोगसिं पायत्ताणि आहिवह सहवेह, सहवित्ता एवं क्यालि-संगकडणं तुम देवाणप्पिए। ममण भावं महावोरं तिपालए खतियाणोए कुञ्छिसि गम्भत्तारा साहाराहि । जे विणणं तिसाला गम्भ त देवाणारा माहणीए कुञ्छिति गम्भतारा साहसाई ।' - कस्पसूत्र -~also Mathura Inscription dating Ist or 2nd cent. AD.)
17. 'मिथ्या दुष्कृत-प्रदान किए हुए पाप का पश्चाताप; जैन साधु भौर गृहस्थों को सुबह और शाम को करने का एकभाषायक प्रमुडान-पाहअसामहण्णयो P. 636.
