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S. B. DEO (4) Jinarangasūri Śākhā, 132 (5) Candra Kula of Kharatara Gaccha,133 (6) Nandi Gaņa of Kharatara,134 (7) Vardhamānasvāmi-Anvaya,135
(8) Jinavardhanasüri Sākhä,136 and (9) Rangavijaya Śākhā.137
KHARATARA-PIPPALA :
It seems to have been a branch of the original Kharatara. It is mentioned 138 in V.S. 1854.
KHARATARA-VEGADA :
It is mentioned in epigraphs from V.S.139
Jaisalmer upto the 17th cent. of
KORANTA :
It extended over the region consisting of Kathiawad, Rajputana, Gujarat, Madhya Bharat, U.P. and Bengal.
Epigraphs mention it from the 13th century of V.S.140
KRSNARSI or KRSNARAJARSI :
It is mentioned from the 13th century of the Vikrama era.141 epigraphs come from Rajputana, Bengal and U.P.
The
Tapā sākhā:
This branch of the gaccha is mentioned in an epigraph142 from Nagaur, dated V.S. 1525.
132. Ibid., I, 206 of V.S. 1848.
133. BHANDARKAR, List, E.I., XXIII, No. 777 of V.S. 1494; Col. Miles in Trans. of R.A.S. III, pp. 358-59 holds that kharatara arose out of Candra gaccha; he gives a different list of subdivisions. See also, NAHAR, I, 236.
134. BHANDARKAR, List, No. 1853. 135. Bhav. Insc., Sürya dynasty, No. VII, of A.D. 1438, pp. 112-13. 136. NAHAR, II, 1996. 137. Ibid., 1005. 138. Ibid., 1828; GUERINOT, EJ., 781. 139. NAHAR, III, 2447, 2507; BHANDARKAR, List, No. 961. 140. PJLS., II, See Index. 141. E.I., VIII, p. 219. 142. NAHAR, II, 1275.
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