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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seat was also started by the first c rya of Y pan ya tradition Nemicandra, who was the religious guru of C mu da R ya, the chief of the army of brave King of Gamga Dynasty R camalla.
c rya Nemicandra also had the world famous colossus statue of Lord Gomma e wara installed and consecrated by the King here. This leads us to conclude that that the Bha raka tradition was started and controlled by Y pan ya sect and hence wielded their influence on it.
Since the birth of temple dwellers congregation till the era of supremacy of Y pan ya sect, different Jain congregations used to get only the idols of T rthamkaras installed. The practice of getting idols installed of other liberated souls or deities by them was not prevalent. During the period of supremacy of Y pan ya traditions, idols of deities like Jw 1 m lin, Padm vat etc also got erected. Even separate temples of these deities were built. Keeping these developments in mind, we conclude that Y pan ya sect had its impact in erecting of monolithic idol of B hubal or Goma e wara in rava abelagol .
Female monks as Bha rakas: Y pan ya congregation not only influenced Bharaka tradition but they also gave full powers to female monks and anointed them to the post of Bhatt rakas also.
Another fact supporting the impact of Y pan ya tradition on Bharaka tradition emerges from the knowledge that a Jain university existed in Tiruc ra tthumalai in ancient times. A number of rock engravings found in Kalugumalai indicate that a female Bha raka imparted very high level of education of Jain doctrine in that university and sent its graduates all over the country to teach and preach Jainism.
All these facts lead us to conclude that the Y pan ya sect primarily and temple dwellers congregation also which went into non existence five to centuries ago had also wielded their influence on Bharaka tradition. The above facts also bring to light that during the middle period, the Bha raka traditions of the three sects i.e. Digambara, vet mbara and Y pan ya sects coexisted separately. The Bharakas tradition of Y pan ya sect also became nonexistent alongwith Y pan ya sect. After a short time of start of Bha raka tradition of vet mbara sect, it got replaced by rp iya tradition and later on to Yati tradition which exists
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