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called the Terepanfhi and Bispa7ifhi (that is, the thirteen and the twenty 

 roads) ; while others, called Diiriyas, have separated still farther from for- 

 iner opinions. 



The Digamharas are also called Bhat' t' drakas. Of these there are scarcely 

 any in this district, nor were there any among the pilgrims with whom I 

 conversed. I believe, however, that in the south the Digambaras are the 

 most prevalent. The Digambaras, or at least their priests, ought to go 

 naked ; but if those I saw in the south belonged to this sect, as I beUeve 

 was the case, they have given up this absurdity : and even Patidita AcJidrt/a, 

 who had obtained nirvdn, or divinity, was as decently clothed as an ordi- 

 nary man. What convinces me that it was the Digambara I met with 

 in the south is, that this sect has twenty-four books called Purdiws, as 

 mentioned in my account of Mysore. The names of these books are : 

 Adi P. or Chahrad/iar P., Ajil P., Sainbhar P., AbJmumdan P., Saumati P., 

 Padma Prabhava P., Sauparsa P., Chandra Prabhava P., Saubodhinathiya P., 

 Saitalnathiya P., Sriyangsanathiya P., Vasupujya P., Bimalnathiya P., Anan- 

 ta-natliiya P., Dharma nathiya P., Santinathiya P., Kunthunathiya P., Ar- 

 malla-nathiya P., Munisabratanathiya P., Naminathiya P., Nemnanathiya P., 

 Parsanathiya P., Mahavira P. and Uttara P., These books, so far as I can 

 learn, give an account of the twenty-four Tirfhancaras, or lawgivers of the 

 sect ; the first twenty-three giving each an account of one such person, while 

 the Uttara Purdna gives an account of the whole. 



The sect of Digambara, in performing its ceremonies, is said to be guided 

 by books called Siddhdnta, which form its code of agam (rituals). The 

 books are Trailohjasdra, Gamatasdra, Pungjaraj, Trailukyadipalc, Kshipana- 

 sdra, Siddhdntasdra, Tribhang'isdra, and Shatpawar. 



Many of these Piirdnas and Siddhdntas are attributed to Gautama, or 

 other chief rulers {Gaiiadhar) of the sect, who are supposed to relate what 

 was said by the Tirfha?icaras or law-givers. 



Besides these books, the Digambaras have other books, called Charitras, 

 composed by inferior personages. These are Yasodhar C, Srtpal C, 

 Hanumant C, SM C, Bhadrubahu C, Jambuswdmi C, and Pradyunma C. 



The Swetdmbaras have always held the gymnosophistic Digambaras in the 

 contempt due to tlicir extravagance. 



So far as is here known, the Digambaras are divided into eighty-four 

 gachha, each of which is under the authority, in spirituals, of a priest, 

 called Srt.piijya ; but every person seems to be at liberty to join whatever 



