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History of Jainism with Special Reference to Mathurā
existed as late as the fourteenth century AD.327 All sākhās of the Kottiya gana called — (1) the Ucchanāgarī sākhā,328 (2) the Madhyamā sākhā,329 (3) the Vajranāgarī sākhā330 and (4) the Vairī or Vajrī sākhā331 or the Arya Vajri sākha332 or the Vairī Vajrī sākhā333 — existed in Mathurā during the Kusāna period.
The Kalpasūtra mentions four kulas of the Kodiya gana – (1) the Bambhalijja kula, (2) the Vānijja kula, (3) the Panhavāhanaya kula and (4) the Vathalijja kula.334 The kulas of the Kottiya gana which existed in Mathurā during the Kusāna period were - (1) the Brahmadāsika kula,335 (2) theSthānikīya kula 336 (3) the Vatsaliya kula,337 (4) the Sthānīya kula 338 and (5) the Praśnavāhanaka kula.339 This gana had one sambhoga also. It was called the Srīgrha sambhoga at Mathurā during the Kuşāņa period. 340
The gaña called Uddeha in the Kalpasūtra341 was known as the Uddehikiya gaņa342 or the Ārya Uddehikīya gaņa343 at Mathurā. There are only two references to this gana in the Jaina inscriptions of Mathurā. The Kalpasūtra
327. EI, I, p. 379. 328. Ibid., X, Appendix, nos. 19, 20, etc. 329. Ibid., no. 73. 330. Ibid., no. 16. 331. Ibid., no. 22 332. Ibid., no. 27. 333. Ibid., no. 28. 334. HJM, p. 516. 335. EI, X, Appendix, nos. 19, 20, etc. 336. EI, I, no. 8; EI, II, no. 29. 337. EI, X, Appendix, nos. 22, 27, etc. 338. EI, II, no. 23. 339. HJM, pp. 516-18. 340. EI, X, Appendix, no. 27. 341. HJM, p. 517. 342. EI, X, Appendix, no. 76. 343. Ibid., no. 21.
