A sub-category of Pratisevanākuśila Nirgrantha (3);
that ascetic (Muni), who, for earning livelihood, indulges in the occult sciences such as kautuka (ask people to perform bathing etc. for getting progeny), bhūtikarma (to use ash etc. for protection of house and the like), Praśnāpraśna (to solve problems, on being asked or without being asked, through occult science), Nimitta (astrology), kalkakurukā (witchcraft), Lakṣaṇa (science of interpretation of the marks on the body), Vidyā (occult sciences) and Mantra.
See - Jñānapratiṣevaṇākuśīla.