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Pp. 5-6. Chandra Gupta Maurya-After a successful reign of 24 years, gone with his Jain teacher Bhadrabāhu on a pilgrimage to the South and ended his days on the Chandragiri Hill at Sravanabe!go!a in Mysore, where the foot-prints of his Guru and his inscriptions as well as the colossal image of Gomateśvara form permanent and prominent land-marks.
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Buddha PRAKASH- Historical characters in the Mudrāraksasa of Visakhadatta. (Proc., I.H.C., XVIIth Session), Patna, 1956.
P. 127. Balabhadda is connected with the third schism of the Jaina Church caused by the disciple of Asadhacharya in Seyaviya (Setavrya) in 214 A.v. According to the Tittho-galipainna this Balabhadda the Maurya is shown to be a local administrative officer posted at Rājagļha by Chandra Gupta.
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S. SRIKANTAYA-The Jagadguru of Sringeri-obituary_(Q.J.M.S. Culture and Heritage Number, 1956). Bangalore.
P. 128. The town of Sringeri, 2,439 feet above sea level on the left bank of the river Tunga. Whether Sringeri in earlier times was a Jangam or Jaina stronghold before it became the centre of the Advaita school of thought is not clear. In the latter half of the 8th century A.D. Sankarācharya came here and established this math.
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V. P. JOHARAPURKAR--Punnäța Sangha. (Q.JM.S. Culture & Heritage Number, 1956), Bangalore.
Pp. 163-64. Punnāța Sangha, a sect of Jain ascetics; it derives its name from Punnäta, i.e. the Karnataka Province, where it originated. Jinasena completed his Harivansa Purana in $. 705. He has given a list of his predecessors: Harisena, completed his Brhat Kathakośa in S. 854 at Vardhamānapura (Vadhavana in Saurastra).
A collection of hymns by Pandit Haji, a pupil of Bhattāraka Rājakirti (middle of 17th century).
This Mss. contains a patļāvali of Lādabāgada Gaccha-the changed name of Punnāta gaccha.
The Mss. of Bharata Bhujabali Carita composed by Pamo in s. 1614 mentions Punnāta Gaçcha. Punnața Gaccha was a subdivision of Kāşthā Sangha,
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