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53rd and 54th Pontiffs of Lord Mah v ra tradition
54th Pontiff crya
Mah sen
Birth Initiation into monkhood Became c rya Heavenly Abode Household life duration Ordinary monk tenure Period of c rya status Complete monkhood Total longevity
53rd Pontiff
c rya Mah s rasen
V.N.1629 V.N.1654 V.N.1708 V.N.1738 25 years 54 years 30 years 84 years 109 years
V.N.1651 V.N.1662 V.N.1738 V.N.1758 11 years 76 years 20 years 96 years 107 years
40th epochal c rya lamitra
Birth Initiation into monkhood Period of ordinary monk Period of epochal c rya Household life duration Ordinary monk tenure Period of epochal c rya Heavenly Abode Total longevity
V.N.1652 V.N.1663 V.N.1663 - 1683 V.N. 1683 - 1762 11 years 20 years 79 years V.N.1762 110 years, 7 months, 7 days
Tap gaccha
Like the rest of the gacchas, Tap gaccha was also an offshoot of reformation movement. As time passed, the monks of V had gaccha (Bada gaccha) were addicted to heretical practices and lax conduct. According to Tap gaccha Pa val, the 42 Successor Pontiff of Mah v ra, r Vijayasimha S ri ordained two of his fellow disciples as
c ryas. They in turn appointed Jagaccandra S ri as their successor.
Thus according to Tap gaccha Pa val, the 44th Pontiff of Mah v ra was crya r Jagaccandra S ri. Jagaccandra Sri was petrified of transmigration and the best ascetic who strictly observed the scripture
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