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Kadavāmati
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There lived in Nädala a Nagara Bania, Kadavǎ by who afterwards took to Jainism In V. S. 1514 he came Pannyāsa Śrî Harıkirti of Agamika Gaccha, while he had to Ahmedabad on some business. Kaḍavâ expressed his to learn the scriptures and to attain initiation from who replied that it was not possible in those days to be initiated in the proper way laid down by the scriptures, as there was no preceptor possessing necessary scriptural sanctity.
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At these words, he commenced wandering over a variety of places leading the life of an ascetic, although in the costume of a lay-man Meanwhile, he won over many people through discourses thus adding to the firmness of his doctrine.
Their chief tenet was: "We can now-a-days get no holy sage worth the name." They were not against idol-worship. This doctrine sprang in V. S. 1562, and Kaḍavâ died just after two years in 1564.
Followers of this sect are even today met with in Visnagara Tharad, Ahmedabad, etc.
Bija-[or Vija-]-Mati
In V. S 1570, an impostor called Vijā or Bija renounced the Lunka sect and preached a doctrine of his own As the Lunka and Bîjâ sects separated from the Svetambara idol-worshippers, mutual clashes began; and dissentions between Kharatara and Tapagaccha also increased. Even books began to be written with the apparent intention of falsifying and weakening each other.
Upadhyāya Śrī Dharmasagara composed a fresh work which strived to prove that all doctrines other than Tapagaccha false. The language of the book was very harsh.
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