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In one of the verse of Titthog 1 Pai aya it is mentioned that S trakt mga will be lost with the death of monk 'Mah Sumi a" in V.N. 1900.
c rya ivar jaj , the 59th Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra tradition
Birth Initiation into monkhood Attained c rya status Heavenly Abode Household life duration Ordinary monk tenure Period of c rya status Complete monkhood Total longevity
V.N.1882 V.N.1900 V.N.1913 V.N.1957 18 years 13 years 44 years 57 years 75 years
43rd
epochal - c rya r Harimitra
Birth Initiation into monkhood Period of ordinary monk Tenure as epochal - c rya Period of household life Period of ordinary monk Period of epochal - c rya Heavenly Abode Total life span
V.N.1882 V.N.1902 V.N.1902 - 1918 V.N.1918 - 1963 20 years 16 years 45 years V.N.1963 81 years
44th epochal - c rya r Vi kha ga i
The name of 44th epochal - c rya is mentioned in Titthog 1 Pai aya. Certain Amga stras were lost after his demise in V.N. 2000 (Vikram 1530). It is inferred that when 43rd epochal - c rya left his body in V.N. 1963; his successor Pontiff Vi khamuni was ordained into the rank of 44" epochal - c rya. He held office from V.N. 1963 to 2000, i.e. for 37 years. Evidences are available that a great c rya named Vi kha existed in yore. A few copies of 'Ni tha' were made under the sanctified aegis of Vi kha ga i, [the one described in Titthog 1 Pai aya] the 44" epochal
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