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Devasundar Suri, Jindeva Suri etc. A separate branch of the disciples of Prabhachandra also cut loose wherein the names of Vimalchandra Suri, Gunasekhar Suri, Sanghtilak Suri, Somtilak Suri etc. have been known. However, this Rudrapalliya14 branch diminished out now, except for a few families of KulaguruMatheran, as is evident from the colophons of several manuscripts of the 19th century A.D.
(3) Laghu Kharatar :
During the time of Jineshwar Suri, Jinsingh16 Suri went towards Bhinmal and established a Laghu-Kharatar branch. Jinprabh Suri was his successor, who was very competent teacher. Sultan Mahmud Tughluq-Firoz Tughluq etc. venerated him very much. His successors were Jindeva Suri, Jin meru Suri, Jinhit Suri, Jinsarva Suri, Jinchandra Suri, Jinsamudra Suri, Jintilak Suri, Jinraj Suri, Jinchandra Suri, Jinbhadra Suri, Jinmeru Suri and Jinbhanu Suri.
(4) Begad Kharatar :
It was started by Dharmalı-vallabh also known as Jineshwar Suri in V.E. 1412 His successors17 were Jinsekhar Suri, Jindharma Suri, Jinchandra Suri, Jinmeru, Jinguna prabh Suri, Jineshwar Suri, Jinchandra Suri II, Jinsamudra Suri, Jinsundar Suri, Jinoday Suri, Jinchandra Suri III, Jineshwar Suri, Jinkshemachandra Suri, Jinchandra Suri IV, etc. During the Acharyaship of Jinchandra Suri Deva bhadra copied out Katantra-Vyakaran in V.E. 1588. Several literary works of this branch are available. A number of inscriptions of the Acharya of Begad branch bave been noticed from Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Gujarat areas.
(5) Pipalika-Shakha :
It was started by Jinvardhan Suril8 in V.E. 1469. The main activities of this branch were limited to Mewar and Gujarat. After
14. Mahopadhyaya-Vinay Sagar op. cit. p. 218 15. ibid p. 120. 16. Mohanlal Dali chand Desai-op. cit P. 692. 17. Mahopadhyaya Vinay Sagar-op. cit pp. 221 to 226. 18. Devakulpatak pp. 17-21.
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