Is prashn Digambar ya Shwetambar tradition par nirbhar karta hai. Jain śāstr mein yeh spasht hai ki purv smriti ya “purva-smriti” ki shakti keval kevali (omniscient soul) ya atyanta pada par pahunchi huī jīva ko milti hai. Diksha lene ke baad bhi har sanyasi ki smriti ki gati alag hoti hai; aam taur par ek Sayyami Muni turant 14 purvo ki smruti nahi rakhta. Purva-smriti ke prāpt hone ke liye atma ko apna pūrvānubhav (purā ādata) aur keval, samyag darshan se antarātmā prakāśit karna hota hai, jo ki keval prakāśit shuddha jñān se milta hai.

Isi liye, yeh kehna uchit hoga ki 14 purvo ki smruti kis Sayyami Muni ko diksha ke baad exactly hui ya nahi, iski suniya general baat nahin hoti; yeh prāptī vyakti ke spiritual progress par nirbhar karti hai. Agar aap kisi vishesh Digambar/Shwetambar granth ya pravachak ki baat kar rahe hain, to us granth ka ullekh dene par main us hisaab se spasht arth (arth) aur srot ke saath samjha sakta hoon.