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In Siva Purāna it is enjoined that if one thinks the practice of wearing clothes to be not correct, and if he has renunciation, he should leave even the staff and Kaupin; otherwise he may retain these two while entering upon the Asrama known as Sannyāsa." The method of initiation of a saint is prescribed in the said Purāna, and it has been mentioned that the wearing cloth should be laid aside and the desciple should walk naked for more than seven paces, but if he wishes to retain a loin-cloth conforming to the ideas of ordinary householders he may take up a Kaupin and a staff given to him by his Guru. 8 One who has conquered shame should practise nudity, while one who has not attained this stage but suffers from a sense of shame is permitted to wear a cloth or a skin. This alternative, however, has not been accepted as praiseworthy, for it has been mentioned that he is the best of saints and he is the highest of penitents who discırds the staff, loincloth, girdles, etc. 10 In Jābālopanishad, Paramahansa Upanishad, Nāradaparibrājakopanishad, Bhiksukopanishad, Turiātitopanishad, Sannyāsopanishad and Paramahansaparibrājakopanishad we find Param(7) "गृह्णीयाद्दण्डकौपीनायुचितं लोकवर्शने । विरतश्चेन्न गृहणीयाल्लोकवृत्तिविचारणे ॥""
____(Siva Purana. Kailasa Sanhita. III 51) (8) "प्रास्वाचम्ब समागम्ब भूमौ वस्त्रादिकं त्यजेत् ।
उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुखो वा गच्छेत् सप्तपदाधिकम् ॥ किंचिद्रमथाचार्यस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठति संवदेत् । लोकस्व व्यवहारार्थ कौपीनं दण्डमेव च । भगवन् स्वीकुरुष्वेति दयात् स्वेनैव पाणिना ॥"
[lbid. IX. 74-76] (9) "ततस्तु जटिलो मुंड: शिखैकजट एव था।
भूत्वा स्नात्वा पुनर्वीतलजश्चेत् स्वादिगम्वरः ॥ अन्वः काषायवसनश्चर्मचीराम्वरोऽथवा । एकाम्बरो वल्कली वा भवेद्दण्डी च मेखली ॥"
(Siva Purana Vayaviya Sanhita XXIX. 20—21) . (10) “ततो दण्डजटाचीरमेखलाद्यपि चोत्सृजेत् ।
सोऽत्याश्रमी च विज्ञेयो महापाशुपतस्तथा। स एव तपता अधः स एव च महाव्रती॥"
