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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Satisfied with replies from crya libhadra, Alla a in order to relieve himself from the burden of many benevolences of Balibhadra, had many non Jains become his disciples. Then he organized a big festival and anointed Balibhadra to the post of crya. Vasudeva was the name given to Balibhadra while accepting the post of c rya.
Founding Hath mụ gaccha
After being anointed as c rya, c rya Balibhadra went to Hath md. There through his sermons, he made the R hauļa lineage king Vidagdhar ja a follower of Jainism. Vidagdhar ja had a temple of Lord
din tha built in Hath md and had the idol of Vabha Deva consecrated by crya Balibhadra in Vikram 973. For the upkeep of this temple, Mambha a, son of Vidagdhar ja donated a piece of land to
c rya Balibhadra. Later on grandson of Vidagdhar ja, Dhavalar ja renovated this temple in Vikram 1053 after listening to the sermons of
c rya libhadra. He also donated a well for the upkeep of this temple.
In this way with the royal patronage of the rulers of Hath md , this Hath md gaccha of Balibhadra prospered and it became prominent in far of places as well. This is the reason that this gaccha is popularly known as Hath md gaccha. This gaccha is also known as Hasti kumd gaccha which is a Samsk ta translation of Hath md.
S mdera gaccha is an old gaccha of temple dwellers congregation. Till such time that the temple dwellers congregation was in power, their chaplains maintained registers of lineages of their followers including their names and places etc no matter where they were in the country. However with the gradual downfall of temple dwellers congregation and rise of tap gaccha, the chaplains of temple dwellers congregation kept on handing over the registers of their followers to the chaplains of tap gaccha. Hence the followers of temple dwellers gaccha became the followers of tap gaccha gradually.
From the records of chronology of c ryas of S mdera gaccha, it seems that whatever little influence of temple dwellers congregation was left remained till last half of Vikram 1700.
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