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LIST OF THE STHAVIRAS.
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three hundred Sramanas each'. Therefore, Sir, has it been said that the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira had nine Ganas, but eleven Ganadharas. (1)
All these eleven Ganadharas of the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvira, who knew the twelve Angas, the fourteen Pârvas, and the whole Siddhanta of the Ganins, died, &c. (all down to freed from all pains in Râgagriha after fasting a month without drinking water. The Sthaviras Indrabhati and Arya Sudharman both died after the Nirvana of Mahavira. The Nirgrantha Sramanas of the present time are all (spiritual) descendants of the monk Arya Sudharman, the rest of the Ganadharas left no descendants. (2)
The Venerable Ascetic Mahâvira was of the Kasyapa gotra. His disciple was 2:
1. Årya Sudharman of the Agnivesyâyana gotra ; 2. Årya Gambûnâman of the Kasyapa gotra; 3. Arya Prabhava of the Kâtyâyana gotra ; 4. Arya Sayyambha, father of Manaka, was of
the Vatsa gotra; 5. Årya Yasobhadra of the Tungikâyana go
tra. (3) In the short redaction the list of Sthaviras after Arya Yasobhadra is the following: 6. Arya Sambhůta viga ya of the Mathara gotra
and Arya Bhadrabâhu of the Prâkina gotra; 7. Arya Sthalabhadra of the Gautama gotra; 8. i. Arya Mahâgiri of the Ailâpatya gotra and · The sum total of Sramanas is therefore 4711, while in § 134 it is stated to have been 14,000.
I only give the facts. The names of those Sthaviras who continue the line are spaced. The names are given in their Sanskrit form which in many cases is well known, in others can easily be made out. In doubtful cases I have put the Prâkrit form in brackets.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |