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Svetāmbaras. Thus, they are indicators of the prior conditions of Svetāmbaras. Mathura art reveals that in Jaina religion there was also a tradition of building stūpas besides idols of Tirthankaras. The origin of Yāpaniya or Boţika Sangha
In the second century AD i.e. six hundred and nine years after Mahāvīra's nirvāṇa there was another event of a division in Nirgrantha-samgha, with the result the north Indian branch of Nirgrantha-samgha got further sub-divided into two groups of Acelaka and Sacelaka. With the influence of Pārsva's descendents, the cloth meant for protection from the cold and the begging bowls meant to be used in exceptional circumstances became objects of regular use and started becoming indispensable for the monks. On the subject of stopping this increasing tendency for possessions Arya Krsna and Arya Śivabhūti had disagreement with each other. Ārya Krsạna discarded the jinakalpa code and emphasized that the cloth and bowl are indispensable objects of a monk's life, while Arya Śivabhūti emphasized the observance of the jinakalpa code and the renunciation of these objects. According to him jinakalpa code should not be discarded for the competent ones and the cloth and bowl should be meant only for
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