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nically called Paderup Nirgrantha Gaņa, now the same came to called as Koţika Gana
After rendering great beneficent services to the Jaina Community, Arya Susthita Sūri went to svarga ( heavens ) in Mahāvira Samvat 339, when he was 96 years old. He belonged to Vyaghrāpatya gotra.
ĀRYA SUPRATIBADDHA SURI No authentic information is available about Ārya Su-pratibaddha Sūri.
VĀCAKA-VARYA UMĀSWATI MAHĀRĀJA
Vācaka-varya Umāswāti Mahārāja was born in the town named Nyagrodhika. He was a Brāhmaṇa by caste and his ancestral religion was Saivism. His mother's name was Umā and his father's name was Swati and from the names of both his parents, he was named Umāswati. He belonged to Kaublişana gotra. Here the word Vācaka is indicative of a knowledge of Pūrvas.
śrīmān Umāswāti Vācaka-v. rya was highly well-versed 10 Sanskrit language and he possessed profound control over the different branches of the Sanskrit Literature He renounced the world and had his dikṣā, when he was 19 years old. (Mahavira Samvat-733 or A. D 154.)
After having carefully studied all the existing works of Jairra Canonical Literature, Vācaka-varya Umāswătı Mahārāja has very bilefly included all the subjects of intrinsic value in his excellent-monumental-work, Tattvārthādhigarna Sūtra which was composed at Kusuirapura or Pātali putra ( modern Patnā in Bihār and Orissā ) The work is a monumental sacred epitome of Jainism There is not a single Jaina doctrine or dogma which is not expressed or iniplied in triese aphorisms. How great and authorijative the Tattvārthādhigama Sutra is, can be judged from the large number of Commentaries that have been written on the Sūtra
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