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branches, families, groups etc." According to this roll of heads of monastic groups Arya Yaśobhadra's disciple Arya Bhadrabāhu had four main disciples. Out of these four Arya Godāsa founded the Godāsa Gaṇa. Godāsa Gana was subsequently divided into four branches 1. Tāmraliptikā. 2. Kotivarsikā, 3. Pauṇdravarddhanika and 4. Dāsī Kharbatikā. Another disciple of Arya Yasobhadra was Arya Sambhūtivijaya who had twelve disciples. Of these Arya Sthulibhadra had two disciples - Arya Mahāgiri and Arya Suhasti. Eight disciples of Arya Mahāgiri were Sthavir Uttarabalissaha etc. The Uttarabalissaha Gana was founded by this disciple Sthavir Uttarabalissaha of Arya Mahagiri. The Uttara balissaha Gana was further divided into four branches called 1. Kauśämbikā, 2. Sūktamuktikā, 3. Kautumbika and 4. Candranāgarī.
Arya Suhasti also had twelve disciples namely Arya Rohana, Sthavir Śrīgupta, Sthavir Bhadrayasa, Sthavir Kāmardhi, Sthavir Tisyagupta, Sthavir Susthita and Sthavir Supratibaddha etc.
Arya Rohana, of the Kasyapa clan, founded the Uddeha Gana, which had four branches called 1. Audumbarikā, 2. Māsapūrikā, 3. Matipatrikā and 4. Purnapatrikā. Besides these four branches the Uddeha Gana also had these six families (Kula) - 1. Nāgabhūtika, 2. Somabhūtika, 3. Ardragaccha, 4. Hastaliya, 5. Nandiya and 6. Pārihāṣika.
The Carana Gana was founded by Sthavir Śrīgupta. It had four branches called 1. Haritamālākārī, 2. Śańkāśiyā,
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