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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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DESAVALA-TAPA:
It is mentioned in an inscription86 dated V.S. 1822. It might have been a part of the Tapā gaccha.
DEVABHIDITA:
An inscription from Delvādā (Mewad), dated V.S. 1201, mentions it.87
DEVACARYA:
It is mentioned in the 12th and the 13th cent. of V.E.88
An epigraph from Pāli mentions the 'Maheśvarācārya amnāya' in this gaccha.89
DEVANANDA-or 'DITA:
Though in the Praśastis it is mentioned in the latter half of the 12th cent. of V.E.,90 an epigraph dated V.E. 1303 refers to it.91
DEVASURI:
It is said that Devasūri started it out of the Tapā gaccha,92 and the praśastis93 refer to it in V.S. 1381.
It may be that the above four gacchas were identical as they bear a common name of a particular ācārya.
DHANESVARA:
An epigraph dated 918 (?) belonging to the reign of king Lakşmaņa of Pratihāra dynasty mentions this gaccha. It was found at a place called Ghațiyāla which is situated in the north-western direction of Jodhpur.94
It is clear that it bears the name of an ācārya.
DHARMAGHOSA:
It was spread over a large part of India as epigraphs mentioning it are found in Madras, Hyderabad (Deccan), Rajputana, Delhi, Bengal, Bihar, and Madhya Bharat.
86. E.I., II, p. 78, No. xliii. 87. NAHAR, II, 1998. 88. PJLS, II, See Index.
NAHAR, I, 813 of V.S. 1178. 90.JPPS., I, p. 104. 91. NAHAR, I, 1303. 92. SBM., V, ii, p. 176. 93. JPPS., I, p. 150. 94. NAHAR, I, 945.
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