The Shvetambara ascetic is allowed to have how many possessions?

Q. The Shvetambara ascetic is allowed to have how many possessions?
Answer: 14
Notes: In Jainism the Shvetambara ascetic is allowed to have fourteen possessions which includes loin-cloth, shoulder-cloth, etc. Whereas the Digambara ascetic must renounce all possessions, including clothes and is allowed only two possessions which are: Rajoharana and a Kamandalu.

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