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S ri after subduing Temple dwellers in a spiritual discourse, established the Vasativ sa tradition in Gujarat.
With an objective analysis of the above mentioned facts it can be derived that Jine wara S ri after subduing the Temple dwellers in a spiritual discourse, established Vasativ sa, which had been eclipsed for centuries in Gujarat. Secondly Jine wara S ri won the debate only because he firmly believed only those scriptures written by Ga adharas and Knowers of 14 prior Canons, as authentic. Barring these, he did not consider Bh yas, ks, Ch r is and V ttis – the five limbs of five Amgas, as authentic.
This only illustrates the fact that the tradition of Varddham na Sri, which was later named as Kharatara gaccha, firmly believed that only the scriptures were authentic. As time passed, be it due to the association with or the influence of Temple dwellers, even in Suvihita gacchas, the convention of considering Niryuktis, Bh yas, V ttis and C r is as being as authentic as scriptures had sneaked in. Gradually, religious reformist tradition of Varddham na S ri which brought in revolutionary changes in the religion was also swayed by its influence and the succeeding
c ryas adopted scriptural-opposed beliefs and rituals mimicking Temple dwellers.
To cite an example, an incident related to crya Jinamahe vara S ri, 70th successor pontiff of Kharatara gaccha, extracted from Pa val Par ga Samgraha' written by the historian Kalya Vijaya is given below.
r Jina Mahe vara Sri
Jinamahe vara S ri was born in Vikram 1867, initiated into monkhood in Vikram 1885 and ordained as c rya in Vikram 1892 during the regime of King M na Simha. Playing a musical instrument, he went to the Jina temple passing by Tap gacch ya Monastery, in P daliptapura. (Probably it was prohibited for c ryas of Kharatara gaccha to play instruments while passing by Monastery of Tap gaccha except on special occasions).
The leader of r Congregation invited the Guru along with his disciples to his house and performed Nav mgap j with gold coins. He then gifted
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