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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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It seems that there were the following splits in it:
(a) Adya Pakşa66
(b) Jinarangasūri Sākhā67 and (c) Kșema Sākhā.68
BRHAD-LONKA:
Probably it was the same as the Bșhad-Gujarāti-Lonkā.69
BRHAT-POSĀLA:
Also written as 'Vșhat-P'. According to traditional literary evidence, it is said that this arose owing to Vijayacandra. This name was given to those who used to live in an extensive monastery (Brhat), as against those who did so in a smaller one (laghu).70
It is mentioned71 in an epigraph from Satruñjaya, dated V.S. 1881.
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BRHAT-TAPA:
Like the Brhat-Kharatara, this gaccha also seems to have been very important, and was spread over a large territory. Its epigraphs are to be found in Bengal, Bihar, U.P., Rajputana, N. Gujarat, Kathiawad and Hyderabad (Deccan).
It may be noted that it is also written as 'Vrhattapā', or VỊddhatapā.' It is mentioned from the 15th to the 20th century of V.E.72
BRHAD-VIJAYA:
It is mentioned in an undated inscription from Lucknow.73
CAITRA:
It is referred to from about the 14th to the 17th cent. of V.E.74 It was spread over Rajputana, Madhya Bharat, and Bihar.
66. NAHAR, I, 773 of V.S. 1669. 67. Ibid., Nos. 203, 242, 263, 265, 266, 267. 68. JINAVIJAYA, PILS., II, No. 556, of V.S. 1903. 69. NAHAR, I, 207, of V S. 1931, refers to 'Vahallońkā.' 70. SBM., V, ii, pp. 75, 77. 71. NAHAR, I, 685. 72. Ibid., 977: V.E. 1481; II, 1898: V.E. 1912; GUERINOT, EJ., No. 632. 73. NAHAR, II, 1542. 74. E.I., XXII, p. 291: V.S. 1330; See PJLS, Index.
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