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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S. B. DEO He held that two opposite or contrary feelings like hot and cold could be experienced simultaneously. 6. Nojiva :
This was also called as the Terāsiya and its founder was Rohagutta. It was started at Antarañjiā, 544 years after Mahāvīra's Nirvana.
Rohagupta advocated the existence of a third principle called Nojiva besides Jiva and Ajiva.141
The Kalpasūtra says that Chalua Rohagutta, a disciple of Ajja Mahā. girī founded this schism,142 and that the Vaišeșika philosophy arose out of it.143 7. Abaddhiya :
After a period of 584 years since the death of Mahāvīra, Gutthāmahila started it at the city of Dasapura.114
He held that the karmic atoms simply touch the soul, but do not bind it.145
It may be noted that all these schools never attained the status of a serious schism, but ultimately merged in their original Church.
But the eighth schism which finally brought about a serious rift in the Church was the Digambara-Svetāmbara partition. Digambara-Svetāṁbara Split:
The traditional accounts regarding this schism differ with these two sects. They are as follows: Sretārbara Version:
The Svetāmbaras relate the story of a certain Sivabhūti, who, 609 years after the death of Mahāvīra, founded a sect called as 'Bodiya' in the city of Rathavīrapura.146
This Sivabhūti had won many battles for his king, and the latter showered honours on him. Naturally Sivabhūti became very proud and used to return home late at night. When once he came late at night, his mother, on the complaint by her daughter-in-law, refused to open him the door, and
141. Ibid., vs. 135-40, pp. 411-15. 142.SBE., xxii, p. 290. 143. Kalpasūtra, Kalpalatā Vyākhyā, p. 229b. 144. Identified with mod. Mandasor in C.I.: CAGI, p. 726. 145. Avašyaka-bha. vs. 141-144; Vrtti, pp. 415-18. 146. Ibid., vs. 145ff; vștti, pp. 418-26.