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*No 11. jain Temples, Monks and Nuns in Poona City 31
They make it a rule that one should not go out unless and until the sunrises. They get up at 4 am and upto ó am. they engage themselves in meditation. At 6 am, they do their l a ft but do not wash their mouth or cleanse their teeth. Then they do
ata1'and TUTTIRETTO upto 10 am. Then they take food. They do not go out to collect alms, but if anybody happens to give fnod--that too casually-then they eat it in the palms of their hands. If nobody gives food then they pass the day (without food. Then they do HTETTE ATA117#28 and alter that they read holy books and listen to the sermons by the Guris. At 6 p.m. they again do meditation and FT1 and then go to sleep. They sleep on a bare ground and that too inclining on one side.
They do not leave the place in the rainy season. Which extend from आपाद शुद्ध एकादशी to कार्तिक शुद्ध पौर्णिमा. They do लोच्य or uprooting of the hair either after two, four or six months. First is called उत्कृष्ट लोच्य, the second मध्यम and the last जघन्य लोच्य. The purpose behind this act is that it should lead to इंद्रियसंयम and जीवरक्षा.
Instead of T754 the Dig has $FTIs which are named after the name of a particular guru eg. F77. There are also pls which are named after some T eg. 9, afTAT, TT. There is no difference in 9171 in these various 7: and Trats. There ar: 84 divisions in the Digambaras and intermarriages among them is not in vogue.
Nearly all monks are literate. But that by no means shows that all are learned. At present there are nearly 250 monks and 150 nuns in this sect of the Jainas. The strictness of monkish life account for this. But this strictness of morals becomes at once the merit of the Digambaram.
The nunnery is always at a distance from the monastery and nudity is prohibited in their case. Yet the strictness of life is the Bame for them also.
22. N ET-grafer o fer un ap 7 HT
(confession)... HATAKTAT p. 151. 23. MIATFORQALDE, AR-HIP, TIME AR FENT PET Ibid p. 1116.
