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this day amongst Jains. He was such a powerful and accomplished preacher that he made even the deity Cāmundā accept the doctrine of Ahimsã who was thence known as Satyikā or Saccikā. He founded the Upakesa Gaccha and Saccikā became the patron-deity thereof as also the Gotradevī of Ośwāla families. He installed simultaneously in the two cities of Upakeśa and Koranțaka the idols of Sri Mahāvīra by projecting his double at Koranțaka. For details about him and other Acharyas of Upakeśa Gaccha gifted with miraculous powers the readers are referred to Upakesa Gaccha Pattāvali in Sanskst published in Jain Sāhitya Samsodhaka Vol. II, 1.
VIDYADHARA-KULA ETC. It is worth noting that there is a Vidyādhara kula, Gaccha, Vamsa or Sākhā known amongst the Jain Sadhus. Vidyadhara Gopāla, one of the several pupils of Susthitasūri and Supratibuddhasūri, on the one hand and Vidyādhara, the pupil of Vajrasena and grand-pupil of Vajraswāmi on the other, are credited with starting the same. The writer thinks that Vidyādhari Sākhā, Gaccha or Vamsa was started by Vidyā. dhara Gopāla and Vidyadhara kula by Vidyadhara the grand pupil of Vajraswāmi. It is but natural that one of the pupils of Achāryas, who were credited with doing one crore Japa of Sūrimantra, should be a
Vidyādhara i. e. one accomplished in Vidyās and start a Sakhā or Gaccha-Vamsa known after his name. This really indicates that from Susthita and Supratibuddha Achāryas commenced great activities to acquire proficiency in Mantras and Vidyās. These activities ultimately produced such grand personalities as Kālakācārya, Vajraswāmi, VidyāCakravarti Arya Khapuțācārya, Upādhyāya Mahendra, Pādaliptasūri, Arya Nāgārjuna and others.
CAITYAVĀSIS Although Caityavāsi Sādhus had great authority and influence over Svetāmbara Jains for about a thousand years, their connected history is not available nor is it possible satisfactorily to reconstruct it. We have to rely generally upon probabilities and can draw only
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