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S. B. DEO
One of their tenets was that prayers were not to be offered to the Keetradevatä.43
Epigraphical corroboration can be had from V. S. 1438 to 1575, though in the Prasastis, it is mentioned in V. S. 1372.45
From various inscriptions it may be said that this gaccha had its followers spread over N. Gujarat, Rajputana, U. P. and Bengal.
ANANDASURI:
It is said that a certain Anandasûri started this gaccha out of the
Tapă.46
It is mentioned in an inscription of V. S. 186047
ANANDAVIMALASURI:
An ācārya of this name is said to have started it in V. S. 1588 with the purpose of removing slackness from the Tapā gaccha. It is likely that this gaccha was identical with the previous one.
ANCALA:
It was started in V. S. 1213, and its original name was 'Vidhipaksa' (upholding sacred rites). This, however, changed with the use of one's garment's end (añcala) instead of muhapatti (mouthpiece) at the time of 'pratikramana.
It is mentioned in epigraphs from the fifteenth century to the present
day,50
Inscriptions mentioning it are found in U. P., Bengal, Bihar, Rajputana, Kathiawad, N. Gujarat, Madhya Bharat, Hyderabad (Deccan) and Bombay,
43. SBM, V, ii, p. 66. 44. NAHAR, I, 795, 111.
45. JPPS., I, p. 135.
46. SBM, V, ii, 176.
47. E.I., I, p. 377.
48. SBM, V, ii, 134-36. So far, no epigraphical corroboration for the gaccha of this name has been available, to the best of our knowledge.
49. Ibid., pp. 24, 65: For its Paṭṭāvali, E.I., II, p. 69, where Arya Rakṣita is said to have been its founder; also see DISKALKAR, IK, 134; I.A. XI, p. 249.
50. NAHAR, I, 628; E.I., II, No. CXI, p. 85.
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