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PAMATASAMA SANGHA:
It is referred to in an inscription dated V.S. 1715.
PUNNAGA-VRKSA-MULA SANGHA:
It is to be noted that this Sangha is referred to as a gana of the Mula and Nandi Sanghas as well.355
SENA SANGHA:
It was one of the four subdivisions of the Mula Sangha, and its founder was said to be Jinasena, a disciple of Arhadbalin,356
In that case, it may be traced to the 8th-9th cent. A.D.
It seems that it was also called Sena Gana.357
SRI SANGHA:
It is referred to in the Sravana Belgola inscription of c. 700 A.D,358
(a) Anvaya:
(1) Kundakunda.
(b) Bali:
(1) Ingaleśvara.
(c) Gaccha:
S. B. DEO
(1) Pustaka
(d) Gana:
(1) Desiya 350
SIMHA SANGHA:
It was said to be a branch of the Müla Sangha,360 due to the subdivisions effected by Arhadbalin.
354. NAHAR, III, 2474.
355. E.I., IV, 49; E.C., XII, Gubbi, 61.
356. E.I., XXI, p. 136; GLASENAPP, op. cit., pp. 364-7.
357. But the whole phrase 'sena-gaṇa-samsthāna of Penugonda' in E.C., IV, Yed. 36 is not quite legible.
358. E.C., II, 116.
359. Ibid.
360. Ibid., 254.
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