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It is said to have originated from a town named Kashtha. who have continued to follow older practices are termed The origin of Kashtha Sangha is often attributed to Bispanthi. Lohacharya in several texts and inscriptions from Delhi The Taranapanth was founded by Taran Swami region. The Kashtasangh Gurvavali identifies in Bundelkhand in 1505. They do not believe in idol Lohacharya as the last person who knew Acharanga in worshiping. Instead, the taranapantha community the Digambara tradition, who lived until around 683- prays to the scriptures written by Taran Swami. Taran vear after the nirvana of Lord Mahavira. Several Swami is also referred to as Taran Taran, the one who Digambara orders in North India belonged to Kashtha can help the swimmers to the other side, i.e. Sangha. The Agrawal Jains were the major supporters towards nirvana. A mystical account of his life, perhaps of Kashtha Sangha. They were initiated by Lohacharya. an autobiography, is given in Chadmastha Vani. The Kashta Sangha has several orders including Nanditat language in his fourteen books is a unique blend gachchha Mathura Sangha, Bagada gachha and Lata- of Prakrit. Sanskrit and Apabhramsha. His language bagada gachha. The celebrated poet and was perhaps influenced by his reading of the books of pratishthacharya Raighu was a disciple of the Kashtha Acharya Kundakunda. Commentaries on six of the Sangh Bhattarakas of Gwalior. The rock carved Jain main texts composed by Taran Swami were written statues in the Gwalior Fort were mostly consecrated by Brahmacari Shitala Prasad in the 1930s. by the Kashtha Sangh Bhattarakas.
Commentaries on other texts have also been written The Terapantha subsect was formed by Amra recently. Osho, who was born into a Taranpanthi family, Bhaunsa Godika and his son Jodhraj Godika during has included Shunya Svabhava and Siddhi Svabhava 1664-1667 in opposition to the bhattarakas. The as among the books that influenced him most.(25) The Bhattarakas are the priestly class of Jainism who are number of Taranpanthis is very small. Their shrines responsible for maintaining libraries and other Jain are called Chaityalaya (or sometimes Nisai/Nasia). At institutions. The Terapanthi sub-sect among the altar (vimana) they have a book instead of an idol. the Digambara Jains emerged around the Jaipur region The Taranpanthis were originally from six communities. (Sangamner, Amber and Jaipur itself) Godika duo The Svetambara (white-clad) is one of the two main expressed opposition to the Bhattaraka Narendrakirti sects of Jainism. Svetambara is a term describing of Amber. Authors Daulatram Kasliwal and Pandit its ascetics' practice of wearing white clothes, which Todarmal were associated with the Terapanth sets it apart from the Digambara whose ascetic movement. They opposed worship of various minor practitioners go naked. Svetambaras, unlike gods and goddesses. Some Terapanthi practices, like Digambaras, do not believe that ascetics must practice not using flowers in worship, gradually spread nudity. Svetambara monks usually wear white throughout North India among the maintaining that nudism is no longer practical. Digambaras. Bakhtaram in his "Mithyatva Khandan Svetambaras also believe that women are able to Natak" (1764) mentions that group that started it obtain moksha. Svetambara maintain that the included thirteen individuals, who collectively built a 19th Tirthankara, Mallinath, was a woman. Some new temple, thus giving it its name Tera-Panth (Thirteen Svetambara monks and nuns cover their mouth with a Path). However according to "Kavitta Terapanth kau" white cloth or muhapatti to practise ahimsa even when by a Chanda Kavi, the movement was named Tera they talk. By doing so they minimise the possibility of Panth, because the founders disagreed with the inhaling small organisms. The Svetambara tradition Bhattaraka on thirteen points. A letter of 1692 from follows the lineage of Acharya Sthulibhadra Suri. Tera Panthis at Kama to those at Sangamner mentions The Kalpa Sutra mentions some of the lineages in thirteen ritual practices rejected. These are mentioned ancient times. in Buddhivilas (1770) of Bakhtaram. These include Svetambara Sub-sects: Sthanakavasi rejected of Authority of Bhattarakas, Use of flowers, A major dispute was initiated by Lonka Shaha, who cooked food or lamps, Abhisheka (panchamrita), started a movement opposed to idol worship in consecretation of images without supervision by the 1476. Sthanakavasi is a sect of Jainism founded by a representatives of Bhattarakas, Puja while seated, Puja merchant named Lavaji about 1653 CE that do not pray at night, Using drums in the temple and Worship of to any statue. The sect is essentially a reformation of the minor gods like dikpalas, Shasan devis one founded on teachings of Lonka. Sthanakavasis reject (Padmavati etc.) and Kshetrapal. The Digambara Jains all but thirty-two of the Svetambara canon.
