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	A '''kshullak''' (or kshullaka, lit. small or junior) is a junior [[Digambar]] [[Jain monk]].<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]].		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]].

	A kshullak is sometimes referred to by the earlier title Varni, even though Varni corresponds to the seventh [[Pratima (Jainism)\|Pratima]].		A kshullak is sometimes referred to by the earlier title Varni, even though Varni corresponds to the seventh [[Pratima (Jainism)\|Pratima]].
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	* Kshullaka [[Ganeshprasad Varni]]		* Kshullaka [[Ganeshprasad Varni]]
	* Kshullaka [[Jinendra Varni]]		* Kshullaka Jinendra Varni

	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.		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.
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	==References==		==References==
			===Citations===
	{{reflist\|2}}		{{reflist\|2}}
			===Sources===
			* {{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 }}

	==External links==		==External links==

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[[File:Kshullak Prarabghsagar 03.jpg|thumb|Kshullak Prarabghsagar in [[Tijara Jain temple]]]]
{{Jainism}}
A '''kshullak''' (or kshullaka, lit. small or junior) is a junior [[Digambar]] [[Jain monk]].<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]].

A kshullak is sometimes referred to by the earlier title Varni, even though Varni corresponds to the seventh [[Pratima (Jainism)|Pratima]].

Well known kshullakas include:

* Kshullaka [[Ganeshprasad Varni]]
* Kshullaka [[Jinendra Varni]]

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.

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 the [[Shilahara]] rule.

== Etymology ==
The Sanskrit term ''kṣullaka'' is a late Vedic corruption of an earlier ''kṣudraka'' and means "tiny, small, trifling".

==See also==
*[[Shramana]]

==References==
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==External links==
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