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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM (c) Gaņas:
(1) Jambukhanda383 (2) Kalor384 (3) Kavaruri385 (4) Kumudi386 (5) Paralura387 (6) Sandviga388 or Sādviga (7) Sighavura389 (8) Sarasvati390 (9) Śruta391 (10) Tavula392 (11) Vādiyūr393 (12) Valahāri. 394
(a) Sanghas:
(1) Bhila395 (2) Nipacha.396
(e) Varśa:
(1) Parnavatsala.397
A survey of the names of these various units reveals the following factors in their formation:
(i) Some of these were formed after place names: Hanasoge, Mayūra or Navilur, Paralüra and Kolattur.
(ii) Some among them were formed after regional names: Dravida, Mathura, Kāñcī, etc.
383. E.I., XXI, p. 290. 384. Seems to have been identical with Kälogra: See Mula Sangha. 385. SALETORE, op. cit., p. 251. 386. JA., IX, ii, p. 65. 387. I.A., XI, p. 69. 388. E.C., II, 29: GUERINOT, op. cit., 818. 389. JA., IX, ii, p. 62. 390. E.C., VII, Shik. 293; V, Arsi. 87. 391. Ibid., IV, Hs. 123, p. 95. 392. See under Dravida Sangha. 393. E.I., II, p. 184. 394. Ibid., VII, p. 179. 395. JSB., XIV, i, 49-53. 396. Ibid. 397. Ibid., IX, ii, p. 64.
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