Book Title: History of Jaina Monachism
Author(s): S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute

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________________ HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM 539 rites. Hence they had to leave that place. After the king's death, they returned under the name Sārdha Paurņamīya. They did not worship the Jina with fruits.205 It is possibly the same as Sadhu Punamiyā, of which probably it is a Sanskritisation. SIDDHANTI: It is mentioned in epigraphs of the 15th and the 16th centuries of V.E. in Rajputana.206 SIT GACCHA: It is mentioned in an inscription 207 dated V.S. 1298. SOHAMMA: It is mentioned in the Gurvāvali attached to the Daśāśrutaskandha. No epigraphical corroboration is available. SUVIPRADIPTA: No epigraphical evidence can be had for this.208 TAPA: It is stated that in V.S. 1285 Jagatcandra was given the title 'tapā' due to hard penance which was appreciated by king Jaitrasimha of Mewar. Hence the gaccha was also named Tapā.209 Names: Col. MILES says, "According to the statements of Tapas, the Jainas for eight generations after Mahāvira were called Nirgranthas or Abhoi (Abhogin), i.e., exempt from all passions or desires: There was then no difference of sect among them. In the time of ācārya Suhastin, or 345 years after Mahāvīra, their name was changed to that of Kotika or Korņika gaccha. In after times they received the following names in succession: Candra, Vanavāsī, Varā and lastly that of Tapā gaccha".210 205. SBM, V, ii, 65-66. 206. NAHAR, I, 597 of V.S. 1565. 207. PJLS, II, No. 506. 208. Mentioned in CITRAV's Madhyayugina Caritrakośa, p. 458. 209. SBM., V, ii, pp. 73-75; WEBER, I.A., XVIII, p. 182; XI, pp. 251ff. 210. Col. MILES, Trans. of R.A.S., Vol. III, pp. 359-60. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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