History of Jaina Monachism

SR No.: 001727
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 616
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & History
File Size: 12 MB

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VIJAYA.
VIJAYANANDASURI:
Epigraphs of the 18th and the 20th century found in Bengal, U. P., and Bihar refer to it.234
It is said to have arisen out of the Tapa. See Tapā.235
HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
VIMALA:
It is also traced to Tapă. It is said that Hemavimala Süri started it235 in V. S. 1749 with a view to purge out bad practices in the Tapă gaccha,
V. E., Bihar.
VIVANDANIKA :
It is mentioned in epigraphs of the 16th and the 20th centuries of the and seems to have been current in Gujarat, Rajputana, U. P., and
VRDDHA-POSALA:
See Brhat-Posala.
VRDDHA-TAPA:
See Brhat-Tapă.
VRHAD :
It is mentioned in epigraphs of the 12th and the 16th centuries of V. E., and seems to have been identical with Brhad gaccha.238
VRHALLOMPAKA:
It is referred to in an inscription dated V.S. 1932 from Pāvāpuri.239 See Brhad-Gujarati-Lonkā.
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VYAVASIHA:
It is mentioned in an epigraph dated V. S. 1343 from Ratnapur (Marwad),240
234. Ibid., 738 of 1718; III, 1827, of 1943.
235. KLATT., I.A., XXIII, pp. 169ff; also E.I., II., p. 78.
236. SBM., V, ii, pp. 131, 176.
237. NAHAR, II, 1658 of V.E. 1512; 1, 717, of 1903.
238. PJLS, II, Index; NAHAR, III, 2205 of V.S. 1566. 239. Ibid., II, 2034. 240. Ibid., 1706.