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andhara swāmi. They came to know through Simandhara swāmi that Vijayac'andra Upādhyaya was the person pursuing perfectly pure rites and hence to pay respects to him they came to Pavagadha. After bowing down they said to upādhyaya, “ You are the same type of of · Kriyadhāri' ( The doer of rites ) as described by Simandhara swami, hence we have to request you that starting a Gac chha called Vidhipaksa, support the pure rites and uproot the "Utsutraprarpapā.' Go from here to then town-Bhāteja and there you will get perfectly pure food." Beicg thus directed by the goddesses, Vijaya Candra Upadhyaya descen ded the mount Pavagadha, went to Bhaleja and getting pure food left off their fasts. There a well-to-do merchant named Yasadhana was preached and made their devotee. From there Vijaya C'andra Upadhyaya came to the city Benapa. Preaching to a rich man named Koti, he inade hiin his follower.
Once the merchant Koti went to Pātan. While perfor. ming the rites of Padikkamana' he used the edge of his cloth in bowing down in stead of using the • Mthapatti' (a piece of cloth kept on the month by the Jain ascetics ). Kamārapāla asked him the reason of this. The gurn told him about Vidhi-paksa ( the new sect) and then Kümārapāla used the edge of his cloth (called · Anc'ala in Gujarati ) in saluting. Thence forward • Vidhi-Paksa' was called as "Anc'alaka' and the Cac'chha was called 'Anc'ala-gac'cha.' Then called Arya-Raksit Sari. This gac'chha started in V. S. 1213. There were many ac'aryas in this Gac'chha tull of great dignity.
Sardha Paurnimiya System This gac'chha started in V. S. 1236 The great king Kumăr apala once asked Sreemad Hémac'andrāc'arya, “I want to inqure whether the followers of Punamis-gac'chha act according to the Jain holy books or not and hence call here the leader of the gac'chha." He called the Ācārya of that gac'cha and on being questioned by Kumārapāla the Ac’ārya could not give
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