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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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Even though some of the church units were common to both, the 'sambhoga' of the Svetämbaras seldom gets a reference in the Müläcära. Instead of that, the 'gaccha' and the 'gana' seemed to have the same prominence as revealed in the Niryuktis or even the Prakirṇakas.
The unorganised state of the Digambara Church may be attributed, perhaps, to the fact that they had to live in a foreign region and had to face new people. Hence they had to impress the people there more by their behaviour than by their Church organisation.
GANAS AND SAKHAS IN THE KALPASŪTRAT
(Order as in the Text)
Name
Aryanägila śākhā
Aryapadmila Aruajayanti
Aryatāpasi
GODASA GANA
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Four śākhās: (1) Tamraliptikä
(2) Kotivarsiyā (3) Pundravardhaniyā (4) Däsikharabhatikā
UTTARABALISSAHA GANA
Four śäkhäs:
(1) Kauśambikā
(2) Sautaptikä
(Pkt. Soittiya)
(3) Kautumbini
(or Kundadhari)
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(4) Candanagari
..
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Originator
Arya Nägila
Arya Padmila Arya Jayanta Arya Täpasa Godāsa
(Named after regions and towns)
Uttara and
Balissaha
(Named after the city)
Disciple of
For Private & Personal Use Only
Arya Vajrasena
729. It is believed that the Digambaras migrated to the South in about the 4th century B.C.
730. Kalpasūtra, SBE., Vol. XXII, pp. 288-294.
BULL. DCRI.--46
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