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installation was not the activity of ascetics but was the duty of the laity.
c rya s and followers of Badagaccha openly defied his conviction. So,
c rya Candraprabha left Badagaccha and started to propagate his beliefs and ideology. Corroborating his stand he stated that, "consecratory installation is not the work of Jain monks, because it tantamount to material worship of the Lord, flowers and conscious water etc. are used in it which is totally against, the first vow of five great vows taken by the Jain monks, the vow of non-violence."
Within short time, he could mobilise many followers and established an independent branch called Paur am yaka gaccha in Vikram 1159, based on the tenets to observe (fortnightly) ritualised confession only on P r im , not to celebrate annual celebration (s mvatsarika parva) on Pamcam and not to inaugurate idols it should be done by laity etc.
Thus, it is clear that though crya Candraprabha started his religious reform movement in Vikram 1149 but officially established an independent gaccha, i.e. Paur am yaka gaccha in Vikram 1159, 10 years after the commencement of his work Tap gaccha Pa val elucidates the incidents which led to the establishment of Paur am yaka gaccha in the following manner.
“Two scholarly c ryas called Ya obhadra S ri and Nemicandra S ri became 40th Pontiffs of Lord Mah v ra's tradition. Nemicandra S ri, perceiving Municandra, his fellow disciple and disciple of Up dhy ya Vinayacandra, as deserving for the post declared him as his successorPontiff. Municandra S ri studied logic under V di Vait la nti S ri, who impressed by his student's quick wit taught him law too.
r Candraprabha S ri, Municandra S ri, Deva S ri and nti S ri were the disciples of the same guru – Up dhy ya Vinaya Candra, who lived during the regime of Kar a, the C lukya king. Once a wealthy lay devotee called r dhara decided to install Lord Jinendra's idol. He approached c rya Candraprabha, who was elder among those four monks and requested, "O Lord! I want to install the idol of Jinendra. So please give instructions to Municandra S ri to install the idol."
No sooner had he listened to this request than crya Candraprabha was consumed by jealousy towards Municandra. He contemplated thus, “I am
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