- The ascetic who has acquired the knowledge of the entire ten Pūrvas (canonical texts of earlier lore).
(Nandī 66 Ma Vṛ Pa 192)
- That ascetic (Muni), who is not carried away by the temptations of gaining the petty as well as the great (supernatural) occult powers which would be available on accomplishing the study of the tenth Pūrva.
(Dhava Pu 9 p.69)