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Akshullak (or kshullaka, lit. small or junior) is a juniorDigambarJain monk.[1] A kshullak wears two garments as opposed to a full monk who wears no clothes.[2] Specifically a Kshullaka is a Shravaka of the highest degree at 11thPratima.
A kshullak is sometimes referred to by the earlier title Varni, even though Varni corresponds to the seventhPratima.
Well known kshullakas include:
A Digambara Jainshravaka at the highest rank of 11thpratima is either a kshullaka or an ailaka. He is just one step below a full muni. His conduct is prescribed in Vasunandi Sravakachara and Lati Samhita.
A kshullaka wears a loin cloth (kaupina) and a white rectangular cloth as a wrap. An ailak uses only a loin cloth.
A kshullaka may live in a house or may be a wanderer. He may eat food placed in his palms, or from a container. He eats once a day. He may beg from a single house or from multiple ones.
A kshullaka may keep a yajnopavita and a shikha. In Jain tradition,Narada muni is assumed to be a Kshullak Jain monk.
Kolhapur in Maharashtra was also once known as Kshullakapur because of the presence of many Jain monks during theShilahara rule.
The Sanskrit termkṣullaka is a late Vedic corruption of an earlierkṣudraka and means "tiny, small, trifling".
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