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research scholars are given below in chronological order and with some elicitations. The names of Pontiffs from V.N. 1 to 1892 that is to say up to 70th Pontiff Jinamahe vara S ri are as follows:
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r Sudharm Sw m
r
Jamb Sw m
r Prabhava Sw m
ayyambhava S ri
Ya obhadra S ri
r
r
r Sambh ta Vijaya
r Bhadrab hu Sw m
r Sth labhadra
rya Mah giri
rya Suhast
r Susthita S ri: He originated Ko ika gaccha.
r Indradinna Sri
r Dinna Sri
r Simha Giri
r Vajra Sw m
r Vraja Sen c rya (Four sub gacchas have emerged from his four disciples namely, N gendra, Candra, Nirv tti and
Vidy dhara)
r Candra S ri
r Samantabhadra S ri (Forest dweller)
r V ddhadeva Sri
r Pradyotana Sri
r M nadeva S ri
r M natumga Sri (the author of Bhakt mara Stotra)
r Vra S ri (During his period Devarddhiga i K am rama a had initiated writing of the gamas in V.N. 980. In V.N. 993, the festival of Paryu a a was celebrated on Bhadrapada Sukla Caturth instead of Pamcam ).
r Jayadeva S ri
r Dev nanda S ri
r Vikrama S ri
r Nara Simha S ri
r Samudra S ri
r M nadeva S ri
r Vibudhaprabha S ri
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