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Balatkirgana, Saraswatigachha, & Parijat gachha.
We find several lists of the teachers of these various sanghis, ganas, and gachhas in the pattavals and inscriptions that have come to light up till now. (See Appendix) Of their Acharyas Kund-kundà chârya, the author of Panchastikiya and other works who flourished just before the Christian era (8 B. C.) and Umaswati, author of the famous treatise Tatwârthasutra and other Sanskrit works who flourished about the middle of the 1st century A. D., deserve special mention. Others as Amitgati, author of Dharmapariksha, Subhâsitratna Sandoha (about 993 A, D.) Akalanka Dev, Dhananjoy, the author of the well known epic Dwisandhan (827 A. D.) Harichandra, author of Dharm isharaibhaliya, Devnandi Virnandi, author of Chandraprabha Charitam, Badiraj, Some Dev, author of Yasastilak, were all great scholars and authors of works of high repute.
After Mahavir's nirvan a number of Gachhas (schools) also came to being in the Swetambar Church. They originated
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