Book Title: Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrashastra
Author(s): Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri, K V Abhayankar
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
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JAIN MANTRAVADA AND CAITYAVASIS : CAITYAVASIS
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this day amongst Jains. He was such a powerful and accomplished preacher that he made even the deity Camundā accept the doctrine of Ahimsā who was thence known as Satyikā or Saccika. He founded the Upakeśa Gaccha and Saccikā became the patron--deity thereof a also the Gotradevi of Ośwāla families. He installed simultaneously
the two cities of Upakeša and Korantaka the idols of Sri Mahāvīra by projecting his double at Korantaka. For details about him and other Acharyas of Upakeśa Gaccha gifted with miraculous powers the readers are referred to Upakesa Gaccha Pattāvali in Sanskrt 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 Gopala, 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 Sakhā, Gaccha or Vamsa was started by Vidyā. dhara Gopāla and Vidyadhara kula by Vidyādhara the grand pupil of Vajraswami. It is but natural that one of the pupils of Achāryas, who were credited with doing one crore Japa of Sūrimantra, should be a Vidyadhara i. e. one accomplished in Vidyās and start a Sakha 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.
CAITYAVASIS Although Caityavāsi Sădhus 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
