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28 THE JAIN MIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.
Gunas and Gachchhas.
(3) Samaiyapanthi, who do away entirely
with image worship and who merely acknowledge the sanctity of the sacred books' which alone they
worship. (4) Gumanpanthi, an eighteenth century
'sect, calling itself from its founder
Gumanpam. .(5) Totapanthi.
The Digambara Church is further divided into four Sangas or monastic orders -
(1) Nandi Sanga, (2) Sena Sanga, (3) Deva Sanga and (4) Simha Sanga. .
Each of these Sangas was still further divided into Ganas, such as the Punnata, Balathkara, Kotiya. Each of these, again, was sub-divided into Gachchhas, such as Pushtaka, Sarasvati and others.
The Svētāmbaras are generally classified further into 84 Gatchas or divisions. Most of
these Gatchas are now extinct. Digambaras So far as the main division is concerned, Svētāmbaras: there is very little difference in the essentials of points of
doctrine between the Syētānıbaras afid the Digambaras. For example, the most authoritative book of the Digambaras, Tattvārthādhigama Sūtra by Umāsvāmi, is one of the standard books also of the Svētāmbaras. The Digambaras, however, might be said to differ from the Svētāmbaras in the following points? :
Hastings, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics.
and
difference.
