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monk with total detachment and renunciation. He used to stay in desolated temples, ma has and in forests. Hence his gaccha gained popularity as Vanav sa gaccha. The name continued from V.N. 643 to 1464.
As already mentioned above, in V.N. 1464 during the period as pontiff of Sarvadeva S ri, disciple of Udyotana S ri, the tradition of Mah v ra gained the name Va a gaccha or V had gaccha.
The second opinion about Udyotana S ri is that the disciples of Vanav s gaccha had no able monk to succeed (santati vih na) to the rank of c rya, though they were proficient scholars in scriptures. The different c ryas of 83 gacchas (probably Temple dweller tradition) sent one disciple each from their gaccha to Udyotana S ri to learn and acquire indepth knowledge in scriptures. At the same time, Varddham na S ri, the disciple of Jinacandra S ri the head of Abohara temple left Temple dweller tradition, searching for a monk who follows the scripture based pure code of conduct and met c rya Udyotana S ri. Impressed by his pure auspicious conduct and erudite scholarship in scriptures, Varddham na S ri became his disciple. He too, along with other 83 disciples, started learning scriptures. Carrying out his religious tours with his 84 disciples, Udyotana S ri reached the outskirts of el village. As the sun was descending, they sojourned under a very big p pala tree in the forest and started performing the night rituals and contemplat religion (dharm r dhana) In the middle of the night they have observed that the Jupiter was entering into the Rohi constellation. He said to his students, “It is such an auspicious time now that if I ordain anyone to any rank, his fame would reach far and wide and last forever and his gaccha would increase in leaps and bounds.
All the disciples and student monks requested, “Sw m ! We are your disciples. Please place your right hand on our heads and ordain us with ranks.”
Udyotana S ri said, “Bring me v sac r a (wood powder)”. So the 84 student monks gathered small twigs and dry sticks, powdered them and gave to their guru. Consecrating the powder Udyotana S ri
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| SR No. | 007597 |
| Book Title | Jain Legend Vol 4 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana |
| Publisher | Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 241 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 2 MB |