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S. B. DEO
It seems that it was split up into Śārdūlaśākha and Rājagacchānvaya.75 It may at the same time be noted that Rājagaccha was a separate gaccha also.
CANANCALA:
An inscription from Jaipur,76 dated V.S. 1529, mentions this.
CANDRA or °KA, CANDRA;
Inscriptions mainly from Kathiawad mention these.77 It is said that a certain Candrasűri started it,78 and epigraphical references can be had from the 11th cent. of V.E.79
CANDRAPRABHACARYA:
An epigraph dated V.S. 1197 from Delhi mentions it.80 It seems that it originated with an ācārya of the same name.
CHAHITERA:
It is mentioned in an inscription dated V.S. 1612 from Jaipur 81
CHOTIVALA:
It seems that this was current in the 14th century of the V.E.82 and an inscription dated V.S. 1554 from Jodhpur mentions it.83
The inscriptions mention it as 'pūrnimā-paksika' which may suggest that it originated with the pūrņimā gaccha.
CITRAVALA:
Epigraphs mentioning this are found in Rajputana as well as in Bengal. It seems to have been current probably from the 14th century of the V. E.84
NAHAR equates it with the Caitra gaccha.85
75. 'Caitragacche sardūlašākhyām rājagacchânvaye'-NAHAR, I, 830, of V.S. 1686. 76. Ibid., II, 1159. 77. DISKALKAR, IK., 4 of V.S. 1272; also E.I., XI, p. 52; JPPS., I, pp. 12, 148. 78. SBM., V, ii, p. 73. 79. NAHAR, II, 386 of V.S. 1072. 80. Ibid., I, 456. 81. Ibid., II, 1194. 82. JPPS., I, pp. 70, 81. 83. NAHAR, I, 594. 84. Ibid., II, 1949. 85. Ibid., p. 6 of Index,
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