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S. B. DEO
It seems that the gaccha originated from an ācārya of this name.
PRAYA:
It seems to have been current in the 14th and 15th centuries of V.E., in Rajputana.
PUNIMA:
It is variously referred to as Punamiya, Punima and also Paurnima. It is said that it originated in V.S. 1159. It is also referred to as a 'paksa'.
It seems to have spread over Rajputana, N. Gujarat, U.P., Madhya Bharat and Bengal, and appears to have been current in the 14th-16th centuries of V.E.
The following splits are referred to in this gaccha:
(1) Pradhana Säkhā.183
(2) Bhimapalliya Śākhā,184 (3) Sadhu Säkhä,185
PUNIMA-VIJAYA:
Sometimes this is referred to as 'Maladhāra punamiyā vijaya'. It is not clear whether this whole was another name for this gaccha.
It is referred to as late as in V.S. 1933 in the inscriptions from Sammeta Sikhara,186
PURANDARA:
It is said to have arisen out of Bṛhat Tapå gaccha. Epigraphs from Rainpur (Mewad) 187 refer to it in V.S. 1496.
RADULA:
An epigraph from Lucknow dated V.S. 1576 refers to it,188
182. SBM., V, ii, p. 23.
183. NAHAR, III, 2294 of V.S. 1481; 2484 of 1553.
184. Ibid., 2309 of V.S. 1492; 2342 of 1518.
185. Ibid., 2469 of V.S. 1575; 2457 of 1579. 186. Ibid., Nos. 22, 359, 360, 370.
187. Ibid., 700.
188. Ibid., II, 1625.
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