Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 5

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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Šramana Bhagavān Mahāvíra.
VOL, V. PART I.
STHAVIRAVALI
CHAPTER I.
ते णं काले गं ते णं समए णं समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स नव गणा इकारस गणहरा हुस्था ॥१॥
Tè ņam kālé pam té ņam samaèņain Samaṇassa Bhagavad Mahāvīrassa nava gaņā ikkārasa ganaharā hutthā.
During that age, at that time, Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira had nine Tanas; गणा--एक वाचनिक साधुसमुदायो गणः | Eka vicanika sadhu-samudãyo ganah~-(An aggregate of Sädhus having tution under one religious teacher, is called a Gana ), and eleven Gañadharas Torin-Chief Disciples or Heads of a Gana.
The eleven Gaşadharas or chief disciples of Sramaqa Bhagavān Mahāvīra were