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The above mentioned rules of department throw welcome light on the spirit of the monastic organization which was an absolutely voluntary society devoted to self-service and service of the fellow monks.
The Jaina monks must have been readily recognizable as they practised either complete nudity or clad in white garments from great antiquity. Besides garments other requisites which they always kept with them for the sake of self control or out of a sense of shame9 were pot (paya), blanket (kambala), duster (pāyaponchaṇa) 10 and mouth covering cloth (muhpatti)". This was in brief outward appearance of the Śvetambara monks The Digambara ascetics, as they lived naked (jahājāya)12 and took food in the palms of their hands (pāṇipāya)13 actually had no outfit except a feather broom (picchiya)14 corresponding to the Svetambara pāyapunchaṇa and a kundi (waterpot). 15
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A nun whether belonging to the Svetambara or Digambara sect always used white robes. The Jaina monks, as a matter of fact, lead a very strenuous life throughout the whole day and night and try their best to stick to their daily duties even in course of tour. It seems that the chief items of his daily routine were padilehana (scanning of requisites), study (sajjhāya), āloyaṇā (confession of faults), goyarī (begging food), kaussagga and padikkamana (condemnation of transgressions). As the practice of ideal conduct depends on acceptable food, proper dress and suitable abode, the Jaina Order seems to be careful enough or regards the same. Moral Discipline and self control
The fundamental vows which formed the very basis of monk life were a group of five vows (mahavvaya) which were as follows. (a) Savvão pāṇivāyāo veramaṇaṁ: Abstaining from injury to living beings, either small or great, mobile or immobile. For the perfect practice of this vow, the monk had to take precautions
