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BRAHMI:
It is also axpressed as 'Vrāhmi', and is mentioned in V. S. 1144 at Pali 58
BRAMHANA—or 'NIYA:
Its earliest mention 59 is probably in V.S. 1102, and this gaccha seems to have existed60 even in V.S. 1663.
It seems to have spread over the region consisting of Bengal, U.P., Rajputana, N. Gujarat, Madhya Bharat, and Bihar. BRHAD also 'VRHAD':
Epigraphs ranging from the 13th to the 16th century of V.S. refer to this gaccha.61
It is mainly mentioned in epigraphs from Rajputana, Sirpur (C.P.), Gwaliar, Mathura, Lucknow, and Patna.
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Pippaliyā sākhā: It was a branch of the above gaccha.62
BRHAD-GUJARATI-LONKA:
It is mentioned in an inscriptions from Pāvāpuri, dated V.S. 1931.
It may be that it was connected with the famous Lonkā sect of the Svetāmbaras of Gujarat out of which, later on, the Sthānakavāsins arose.
BRHAT-KHARATARA:
It is also called 'Vphat-K'. It generally gets reference in epigraphs from the 17th cent. of V.E.,64 to the 20th century of V.E.65
It seems that this gaccha was spread over a large part of northern India, as inscriptions mentioning it are to be found in Bengal, Bihar, U.P., Rajputana, C.P. and Madras.
58. Ibid., I, 811. 59. Mahāvira Jaina Vidyalaya, Rajatamahotsava Smāraka Number, p. 144. 60. NAHAR, II, 2097.
Ibid., I, 833; ii, 1895; also, E.I., XI, p. 54; GUERINOT, EJ., 493. 62. DISKALKAR, IK., No. 18. 63. NAHAR, I, 184. 64. GUERINOT, EJ., 704.
65. E.I., II, Ixix, p. 81; For other references see Ibid., pp. 60-62; 68, 77-85; BHANDARKAR, E.I., XXIII, pp. 126-27, No. 932; DISKALKAR, IK., No. 118.
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