Schools and Sects in Jaina Literature

Author(s): Amulyachandra Sen
Publisher: Vishwa Bharati Calcutta

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SCHOOLS AND SECTS IN JAINA LITERATURE
Tericchiyas. They dwelt in places unfrequented by cows, horses and other animals.
Abhiogias. They earned a living by gaining the confidence of people by administering auspicious baths, exorcising evil spirits and interpreting dreams. The Brahmajäla Sutta of the Buddhists also mention these as the ways by practising which many mendicants earned their living.
Hottiyas. They performed agnihotras. Pottiyas. They put on a special kind of clothes. Kottiyas. They slept on the bare ground. Jannais. They performed yajñas. Thālais. They carried all their belongings with them. Humvauttas. They carried a water vessel wii) them20. Dantukkhaliyas. They lived on fruits and used their teeth as mortar. Ummajjagas. They bathed by taking only a dip. Sammajjagas. They bathed without dipping in water. Nimajjagas. They remained in water only for a short time. Sampakkhālas. They rubbed and cleansed their limbs with mud. Uddhakandūyagas. They never scratched the lower parts of the body. Ahokandūyagas. They never scratched the upper parts of the body. Dāhinakülagas. They dwelt only on the south bank of the Ganges Uttarakülagas. They dwelt only on the north bank of the Ganges. Samkhadhāmayas. They blew a conch-shell to keep people away.
Kūladhāmayas. They blew a conch-shell on the river bank to keep people away while they took their meal.
Migaluddhakas. They killed animals. Jalābhiseyakiųhinagāyas. They took their mcals only after a bath Ambuvāsins. They lived in water. Vāuvāsins. They lived in airy places. Jalaväsins. They remained submerged in water. Bilavāsins. They lived in caves. Velāvāsins. They lived on the sea-coast. Rukkhamüliyas. They lived under trees. Ambubhakkhins. They lived by drinking water only. Väyabhakkhins. They lived by inhaling air only. Sevālab hakkhins. They lived by eating moss. Mülāhāras. They lived by eating roots only.
*** Ct, Cullavagga 5.10.1.