History of Jainism

SR No.: 006741
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: U K Sharma
Publisher: D K Print World
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 304
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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History of Jainism with Special Reference to Mathurā existed as late as the fourteenth century AD. 327 All śākhās of the Kottiya gana called - (1) the Ucchanāgarī sākhā,328 (2) the Madhyamā sākhā,329 (3) the Vajranägarī sākhā 330 and (4) the Vairī or Vajrī sākhā331 or the Arya Vajrī śākhā332 or the Vairī Vajrī sākhā333- existed in Mathurā during the Kusāna period.
The Kalpasūtra mentions four kulas of the Kodiya gaña – (1) the Bambhalijja kula, (2) the Vānijja kula, (3) the Panhavāhaņaya kula and (4) the Vathalijja kula.334 The kulas of the Kottiya gaṇa which existed in Mathurā during the Kusāna period were - (1) the Brahmadāsika kula,335 (2) theSthānikīya kula ,336 (3) the Vātsaliya kula,337 (4) the Sthānīya kula338 and (5) the Praśnavāhanaka kula.339 This gana had one sambhoga also. It was called the Śrīgļha sambhoga at Mathurā during the Kuşāņa period. 340
The gaña called Uddeha in the Kalpasūtra341 was known as the Uddehikīya gaņa342 or the Ārya Uddehikīya gaņa343 at Mathurā. There are only two references to this gana in the Jaina inscriptions of Mathurā. The Kalpasūtra
327. EI, I, p. 379. 328. Ibid., X, Appendix, nos. 19, 20, etc. 329. Ibid., no. 73. 330. Ibid., no. 16. 331. Ibid., no. 22. 332. Ibid., no. 27. 333. Ibid., no. 28. 334. HJM, p. 516. 335. EI, X, Appendix, nos. 19, 20, etc. 336. EI, I, no. 8; EI, II, no. 29. 337. EI, X, Appendix, nos. 22, 27, etc. 338. EI, II, no. 23. 339. HJM, pp. 516-18. 340. EI, X, Appendix, no. 27. 341. HJM, p. 517. 342. EI, X, Appendix, no. 76. 343. Ibid., no. 21.