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TS, Umāsvāti, IX.2,op. cit, p.322 Saguptisamitidharmānuprekşāparişahajayacāritraih.2. Jinasena, Mahāpurāņa, xxxviii.24 devapujagurupastihsvadhyayahsadyamastapah/ danamcetigrihasthanamsatkarmani dine dinell RKS, Samantabhadra, 3.5, (Tikamagarh, MP: Vitarag Vani Trust, 2006), p.116 Grhiņāmtredhātişthatyaņu-guņa-śikṣāvratātmakamcaraṇam. Pañca-tri-caturbhedamtrayamyathāsankhyamākhyātam. Svami Kartikeya, op. cit., 305, Shravaka-dharma-dohaka-10 RKS, Samantabhadra, 3.6, p.117 Ibid, 3.7, 119 Ibid, 3.8, p.122 Ibid, 3.9, p.125 Ibid, 3.10, p.127 Ibid, 3.11, p.130 Ibid, 3.12, p.131 Ibid, 3.13, p.134 Ibid, 3.14, p.136 Ibid, 3.15, p. 137 Ibid, 3.16, p.139 Ibid, 3.21, p.170 The Jaina Agamas prescribe separate code of conduct for ascetics and householders, which are known as Sramaņācāra and Śrāvakācāra respectively. For Śrāvakas or householders they prescribe twelve vows to undertake which contains five Aņuvratas (minor vows) + three Guņavratas (multiplicative vows) and four Sikṣāvratas (disciplinary vows). Out of these twelve, seven vows including three Guņavratas and four Sikşāvratas are jointly called Sīla. Each constituent of Sila is further divided into required divisions. Observance of the Sīla is very important for the layfollowers in order to purify their conduct. The Sīla enhances the effect of vratas to be observed by the Srāvaka-Srāvikas (layfollowers) treading on the path of salvation. Ibid, 4.1, p.205 For detail see RKS, Samantabhadra, 3.21-4.31, op. cit, pp. 170-262 Dāna is the chief characteristic of Vaiyāvrtya TS, Umāsvāti, VII.31-36; RKS, Samantabhadra, 3.27, 3.35, 3.44, 4.6, 4.15, 4.20, 4.31 TS, Umāsvāti, VII.22, op. cit, p.263 Somdeva Sūri, Yaśastilaka-campū, kalpa 34 verse 18 (Aligarh: Bharatvarshiya Anekant Vidvat Parishad, 1989-90), P.378
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