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nine thousand lay disciples with Sankhaśataka at their head, and three hundred and eighteen thousand female lay disciples with Sulasã and Revati at their head. There were 'three hundred sages who knew the fourteen Pūrvas, who though no Jinas came very near them, .; thirteen hundred sages who were possessed of the Avadhiknowledge and superior qualities ; seven hundred Kevalins .. , seven hundred who could transform themselves. , five hundred sages of mighty intellect
; four hundred professors who were never vanquished in disputes : ; seven hundred male and fourteen hundred female disciples who reached perfection ...., and eight hundred sages in their last birth'i
Among the immediate followers of Mahāvīra, € eleven became distinguished as ganadharas guiding and instructing nine separate groups of Nirgrantha recluses, placed under them. The eldest monk Indrabhūti, the middle-aged monk Agnibhūtı, and the youngest monk Vāyubhūti, all of the Gautama gotra, instructed 500 recluses each. The Venerable Arya Vyakta of the Bhāradvāja gotra and the Venerable Ārya Sudharman of the Agniveśyāyana gotra instructed 500 recluses each.
Kalpa-Sūtra, 134, Jaina-Sūtras, Part I, pp 265-266
