Jain Legend Vol 3

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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After V.N.1200, S i (Sw ti) started observance of ritual confession on 14th day of the fortnight instead of the full moon night.
Dh rapadra gaccha
c rya r
During the time of 34th pontiff of Lord Mah v ra's tradition Hari e a, the 5th ga a- c rya Ba e wara of H rila gaccha started a sub division of this gaccha and named it as Dh rapadra gaccha, also known as Ba e wara gaccha.
Solamk Param ra King Thirap la in Vikram 101 established a new town by the name Thar da. Thar da or Dh rapadra gaccha was established in this town and hence this gaccha became popular as Dh rapadra gaccha.
The fourth c rya of H rila gaccha, Yak a Datta had six principal disciples namely N ga, V anda, Mammada, Durga, Agni arm and Ba e wara. c rya Yak a Datta anointed his all above named scholar disciples as c ryas. Ba e wara was the junior most of the above six disciples.
c rya Ba e wara's principal disciple was Tattv c rya and the next in command was Udyotana who composed a supreme religious text called 'Kuvalayam 1'. This text became very popular and hence was called as the jewel of Prak ata literature.
Yak a Mahattara, an associate monk with Udyotana, of c rya Ba e wara had a profound observer of penance called K ar i who later established K ar i gaccha. This is also considered as an offshoot of H rila gaccha.
In V.N. 1227, another branch of Dh rapadra gaccha by the name Pi palaka gaccha also came into being.
Dh rapadra gaccha had many influential c ryas. In the later part of Vikram 11th century, one monk nti anointed by c rya V di Vait la Viruda wrote a commentary on Utar dhyayanas tra.
On Bh drapada ukl 5th i.e. Wednesday of Vikram 915 under the influence of Sw ti planet (nak atra), when King Bhoja grandson of the king of Gwalior was ruling in N gaura, c rya Jaya Simha (disciple of
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