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Kottiya gana, the Thānīya kula, the Śrīgriha Sambhoga and the Ānyya-Vērī (Arya-vajri) śākhā. The inscription is dated in the year 19.
Another inscription" incised on pedestal and on sides of a small seated Jain statue records the dedication by Kumār-bhați at the request of his mother Kumāra-mitrā who was the female pupil of the venerable Baladina (Baladatta) out of the Kottiya gana, the sthānīya kula, the Vairā sakhā and the Sirika Sambhoka (Sambhoga).
There is an inscription" incised on the base of a quadruple image of four standing naked Jains recording the gift at the request of a gani whose name is mutilated, out of the Kottiya gana and Vachchhaliya Kula. The name of the Sākhā is mutilated and the inscription is dated in the year 18.
There is yet another mutilated inscription mentioning another kula and Sākha in the Kottiya gaņa. The kula is Pa-vaha-ka which may be identified with Prasnavāhanaka of the Kalpa Sūtra. The Sākhá mentioned in the inscription is Majhamā which may be identified with the corresponding Sākhă Madhyāmikā; Prakrit-Majjhimilla of the Kalpa Sūtra:
There are numerous other records of the Kottiya gana which mention the same kulas, sākhās and Sambhogas. It is not worth-while mentioning all those records. The following table may be drawn of this school.
Kottiya Gaņa
1. Brahmadāsika kula
Uchenāgari Sākhā 2. Thānīya kula
Āryyaveri (Ārya-vajrī) Sākhā 3. Sthāniya kula
3. Vairā sākhā 4. Vachchhaliya
4. Majhamā (Madhyāmikā) Śākhā 5. Pa-vaba-ka (Praśnavāḥanaka)
The Kottiya gana, as we know from the Kalpasūtra’ was founded by Susthita and Supratibuddha surnamed Kauţika and Kākandaka. They belonged to the Vyāghrāpatya gotra. According to the same sūtra it was divided into Uchanāgari, Vidyādhari, Vajri and Mādhyamikā (Pr. Majjhimilla) Säkhās and its kulas were Brahmaliptaka, Vātsalīva (Pr. Vachhālija) Vaniya (Pr. Vānijja) and Prasnavāhanaka kulas. Now the Brahmadāsika kula of the epigraphic records may be identified with Brahmaliptaka, Vachchaliya with Vātsaliya, Pa-va-naka with Prasnavāhanaka and Thāniya or Sthāniya kulas with Vānīya kula of the
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| SR No. | 524620 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2004 07 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2004 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 5 MB |