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NAGENDRA :
The earliest mention of this gaccha is from an inscription dated V.S. 910 (?),157 and it is mentioned as late158 as in V.S. 1715. It is sometimes also termed a gana.150
NAMADALA:
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It seems to have spread over Kathiawad, Rajputana, Madhya Bharat, and U. P.
It is likely that Naga and Nagendra were identical.
An inscription from Bikaner dated V.S. 1536 mentions it.160
NANAKIYA:
According to KLATT, it might have originated from Näņaka gräma, or from the money (nāņaka) spent in that region in connection with a holy ceremony.16 The first explanation appears more convincing.
It is mentioned in epigraphs from the 13th century of V.E.,162 and seems to have spread over Rajputana.
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NANAVALA:
It is also expressed as 'Nanaṁväla'. It seems to have spread over Rajputana and as far in the east as Calcutta.
Inscriptions belonging to the 16th century refer to it.163
NIGAMA VIBHAVAKA:
An inscription from Benares dated V.S. 1559 mentions it.164 NIRVRTI :
It is referred to in epigraphs of the 13th century of V.E.145
157. PJLS., II, Intr. Index. p. 15: Real 1287 (?).
158. NAHAR, II, 1312.
159. JPPS., I, p. 45.
160. NAHAR, II, 1340.
161. I.A., XXIII, p. 175.
162. NAHAR, II, 2079.
163. Ibid., 1328 of V.S. 1566; 2087 of 1576.
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164. Ibid., I, 404.
165. E.I., II, p. 29: of V.S. 1299: but translated by J. KIRSTE as 'nirvṛti gotra.' See NAHAR, II, 1003 of V.S. 1506(?).
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