________________ 17 Introduction Padmaprabhasuri, the pupil and successor of Vadi Devashri, with the Permission of his preceptor went to the city of Nagor in Samvut 1177and practised hard and difficult penance there and having preached religion to Alhadana, the king of that city, made him a Jaina and the king being pleased gave him the name ' Nagapuriya Tapa Shree Padmaprabhasuri.' But though he was given this name by the king, no Nagapuriya Tapa Gachchha as such came into existence in the time of Vadi Devasuri. It was later in the time of Parshvachandrasuri in the 16th century that be (i. e. Parshvachandrasuri ) described himself to be the successor in the list of the Brhad Gachchha Pattavali and his Gachchha was popularly called Payachanda Gachchha while those Gachchhavalas give their Gachchha's name to be Nagapuriya ( coming, as we have seen, from Nagpur--Nagor of Marwad ) Tapa Gachchha. This fact is corroborated by the following lines of Chandrakirtisuri, who belonged to the same Gachchha of Parshyachandrasuri mentione before, which are taken from the fanfeet of his commentary on Rajas'ekharasuri's Prakrit Chhanda Kos'a:“वर्षेः चतुः सप्ततियुक्तरुद्रशतै 1174 रतीतैरथ विक्रमार्कात् / वादीन्द्रमुख्यो गुरुदेवसूरिः सूरीश्चतुर्विंशतिमभ्यर्षिचत् //
