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Kalpa Sūtra Sthavira Akampita of the Gautama line and sthavira Acalabhrātā of the Hāritāyana line, each imparted lessons in the sacred texts to 300 monks. Sthavira Maitārya and sthavira Prabhāsa, both of the Kauņdinya line, each imparted lessons in the sacred texts to 300 monks. --Arya! It is for this (did I say as above), and so it is said that Šramaņa Bhagavān Mahãvira had nine gaņas and eleven ganadharas.
सव्वे एए समणस्स भगवो महावीरस्स इक्कारस वि गणहरा दुवालसंगिणो चउद्दस-पुग्विणो समत्त-गणि-पिडगा-धारगा रायगिहे णगरे मासिएणं भत्तेणं अपाणएणं कालगया विइक्कंता समुज्जाया छिंग्ण-जाइ-जरा-मरणबंधण सिद्धा मुत्ता अंतगडा परिणिव्वुडा सव्व-दुक्ख-प्पहीणा। थेरे इंदभूइ थेरे अज्ज-सुहम्मे सिद्धिगए महावीरे पच्छा दुण्णि वि थेरा परिणिव्वुया । जे इमे अज्जत्ताए समणा णिग्गंठा एए सव्वे अज्ज सुहम्मस्स अणगारस्स
अवच्चेज्जा. अवसेसा गणहरा निरवच्चा वोच्छिन्ना। Of these eleven ganadharas of Gramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, all were masters of the 12 Angas, 14 Purvas and all the spiritual treasures created by the gaņis, all (but two) courted the vow of taking food without water once after a month and passed away in Rajagrha, died, were uplifted, cut asunder the ties of birtholdage-death, had been perfected, enlightened and liberated, were (when on this earth) in their last birth, had entered into liberation, and became the terminators of all misery. Sthavira Indrabhūti and sthavira Arya Sudharmā entered into liberation after the passing away of Mahāvīra. The nirgrantha monks of the present times are all the spiritual descendants of sthavira Ārya Sudharmā. The rest of the gañadharas are without (spiritual) progeny, and hence they are uprooted (i.e., have left no line).
समणे भगवं महावीरे कासव-गोत्तेणं । समणस्स भगवनो महावीरस्स कासव-गोत्तस्स अज्ज-सुहम्मे थेरे अंतेवासी अग्गिवेसायण-सगोत्ते। थेरस्स णं अज्ज-सुहम्मस्स अग्गिवसायण-सगोत्तस्स अज्ज-जंबु-णामे थेरे अंतेवासी कासवगोत्ते । थेरस्स णं अज्ज-जंबु-णामस्स कासव-गोत्तस्स अज्ज-प्पभवे थेरे अंतेवासी कच्चायण-सगोत्ते । थेरस्स णं अज्ज-सिज्जंभवे थेरे अंतेवासी मणग
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