The ascetic (Muni) who has knowledge of the entire fourteen Pūrvas (canonical texts of earlier lore), which is a treasure of distinguished knowledge. There are two types of Caturdaśapūrvī-
- Bhinnāksara Caturdaśapūrvī (Srutakevalī) and
- Abhinnāksara Caturdaśapūrvī.
(Anta 3.116)
........caturdaśapūrvadharah, sa ca dvividhah-bhin- nāksaro'bhinnāksaraśca, te ca yasyaikekama- ksaratn śrutajnāna-gamyaparyāyaih, sat kārikā- bhedena bhinnam vitimiratāmitam sa bhinnāksa- rah, tasya ca śrutajnānasamśayāpagamāt pra- śnābhāvastataścāhārakalabdhitāmapinaivopa- jīvati vinālambanena, sa eva śrutakevalī bhanya- te, śesah karotyakrtsnaśrutajnānalābhādavīta- rāgatvācca.(TaBhā 2.49 Vṛ p.209)
sayalasudanānadhārino coddasapuvvino.(Dhava Pu 9 p. 70)
See-Abhinnāksara Caturdaśapūrvī, Bhinnāksara Caturdaśapūrvī