Gaina sutras

SR No.: 020334
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Clarendon Perss
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 385
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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KALPA SÚTRA.
LIST OF THE STHAVIRAS.
At that period, at that age the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra had nine Ganas and eleven Ganadharas.
Why, now, has it been said, that the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra had nine Ganas, but eleven Ganadharas?'
The oldest monk of the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvira was Indrabhùti of the Gautama gotra, who instructed five hundred Sramanas; the middle-aged monk was Agnibhûti of the Gautama gotra, who instructed five hundred Sramanas; the youngest was Vậyubhûti of the Gautama gotra, who instructed five hundred Sramanas. The Sthavira Arya-Vyakta of the Bhâradvâga gotra instructed five hundred Sramanas; the Sthavira Arya-Sudharman of the Agnivesyâyana gotra instructed five hundred Sramanas; the Sthavira Mandikaputral of the Vâsishtha gotra instructed two hundred and fifty Sramanas; the Sthavira Mauryaputra of the Kâsyapa gotra instructed two hundred and fifty Sramanas; the Sthavira Akampita of the Gautama gotra and Sthavira Akalabhrâtri of the Hâritâyana gotra, both Sthaviras instructed together three hundred Sramanas each ; the Sthaviras Metârya and Prabhâsa, both of the Kaundinya gotra, instructed together
1 Some spell this name Manditaputra; he and Mauryaputra were sons of the same mother, Vigayadevî, but different fathers; the former of Dhanadeva, the other of Maurya. I do not know any legend which connects this Maurya with a king of the Maurya dynasty, which besides would be impossible from a chronological point of view.