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A '''kshullak''' (or kshullaka, lit. small or junior) is a junior [[Digambar]] [[Jain monk]].{{sfn|Jaini|1998|p=184}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121212914/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/14/stories/2006051404820300.htm ] Jain muni initiates his father into dharmic order</ref> A kshullak wears two garments as opposed to a full monk who wears no clothes.<ref>Jinendra Varni, Jainendra Siddhanta Kosa, V.2, pages, 188-189</ref> Specifically a Kshullaka is a Shravaka of the highest degree at 11th [[Pratima (Jainism)|Pratima]].<br />
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A kshullak is sometimes referred to by the earlier title Varni, even though Varni corresponds to the seventh [[Pratima (Jainism)|Pratima]]. <br />
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Well known kshullakas include:<br />
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* Kshullaka [[Ganeshprasad Varni]]<br />
* Kshullaka Jinendra Varni<br />
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A Digambara Jain [[shravaka]] at the highest rank of 11th [[Pratima (Jainism)|pratima]] 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.<br />
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A kshullaka wears a loin cloth (kaupina) and a white rectangular cloth as a wrap. An ailak uses only a loin cloth.<br />
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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.<br />
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A kshullaka may keep a yajnopavita and a shikha. In Jain tradition, [[Narada]] muni is assumed to be a Kshullak Jain monk.<br />
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[[Kolhapur]] in Maharashtra was also once known as Kshullakapur because of the presence of many Jain monks during the [[Shilahara]] rule.<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The Sanskrit term ''kṣullaka'' is a late Vedic corruption of an earlier ''kṣudraka'' and means "tiny, small, trifling".<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Shramana]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. | date =1998 | orig-date =1979 |title=The Jain Path of Purification |url={{Google books|wE6v6ahxHi8C|plainurl=yes}}|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-208-1578-0 }}<br />
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