Jain schools and branches account of schism. According to Svetambara, there were eight schisms ("Nihvana"). According to Digambara tradition, Ganadhara knew fourteen Purva and eleven Anga. Knowledge of Purva was lost around 436 years after Mahavira and Anga were lost around 683 years after Mahavira. The texts which do not belong to Anga are called Angabahyas. There were fourteen Angabahyas. The first four Angabahyas, "Samayika", "Chaturvimasvika", "Vandana" and "Pratikramana" corresponds to sections of second "Mulasutra" of Svetambara. The only texts of angabahyas which occurs in Svetambara texts are "Dasavaikalika", "Uttaradhyayana" and "Kalpavyavahara". Digambara is one of the two main sects of Jainism. This sect
Sadhu had 6,000 sadhvis of which less than 100 belong to the Digambara tradition and rest to Svetambara. The processes and rituals of becoming a sadhu vary with sect; in almost all sects, a sadhu is initiated by a guru, who bestows upon the initiate a new name, as well as a mantra, (or sacred sound or phrase), which is generally known only to the sadhu and the guru and may be repeated by the initiate as part of meditative practice. Becoming a sadhu is a path followed by millions. It is supposed to be the fourth phase in a Hindu's