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affiliated to Punnāța group, were two different sub-branches of the same ‘Root-Assembly' of the Digambara lineage. In the light of this debate, the belief that Sivārya of the Ārādhana, Vattakera of Mülācāra, and Jațāsimhanandi of Varānga-Carita etc., belonged to the Yāpanīya samgha needs reconsideration.
To be more precise, the Neo-Digambara monks and authors stand mid-way between the Digambaras and Yāpanīyas. They simultaneously agreed and differed from their three contemporary schools. Thus, the medieval period witnessed four schools as follows.
1. The Digambara 2. The Svetāmbara 3. The Yāpanīya and 4. The Neo-Digambara.
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