Upkeśa Gaccha is the oldest gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism. It is one of the 84 gacchas of the Śvetāmbara sect that were once in existence...
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published are very discordant. The Upkeśa Gaccha is, historically, the oldest of all. It is also the only one of the 84 gacchas that follows the lineage of Parshvanatha...
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Parshvanatha (section Upkeśa Gaccha)
disciple Arya Śubhadatta. Later, this lineage came to be known as the Upkeśa Gaccha of the Śvetāmbara tradition. Keśī's (the 4th head of the monastic order...
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According to a non-canonical Śvetāmbara text "Upkeśa Gaccha Caritra" (transl. Biography of the Upkeśa Gaccha) of the Śvetāmbara sect, 52 years after Mahavira's...
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murtipujaka sect, Gacchas (administrative sub-divisions) were created. Each gaccha has its own pattavali. One of the 84 gacchas was the Upkeśa Gaccha. While all...
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non-canonical scriptures such as Ratnaprabhasuri's "Upkeśa Gaccha Caritra" (transl. Biography of the Upkeśa Gaccha) describe his ascetic life in detail and life...
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Tapa Gaccha is the largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism. More than half of the existing Jain ascetics belong to the Tapa Gaccha. Several...
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Tapagaccha Pattavali: Pattavali of Tapa Gachchha Upkeśa Gaccha Pattavali: Pattavali of the Upkeśa Gaccha (now extinct), the oldest of all pattavalis of...
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detailed scriptural account of Parshvanatha's monastic lineage in the Upkeśa Gaccha Pattavali. The Vedas mention the name Rishabha. However, the context...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Arya Samudradatta. His monastic lineage later came to be known as the Upkeśa Gaccha. The time period between Parshvanatha and Mahavira was only 250 years...
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Keśiśramanācharya: The 4th monk in the lineage of monastic heads of the Upkeśa Gaccha, the lineage of Parshvanatha. Swayamprabhasuri: The 5th successor in...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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version of the legend was also written by a later monk belonging to the Upkeśa Gaccha. Jhaveri family Shantidas Jhaveri (1584–1659), jeweller, bullion trader...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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March 1896 – 9 August 1991) was an Indian monk and scholar of the Tapa Gaccha sub-sect of Śvetāmbara Jainism. Born in Dahevan village, present-day Gujarat...
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Vimalsagarsuri is an eminent and popular Jain monk and Acharya of the Tapa Gaccha of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. He belongs to the lineage of Acharya...
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1080 CE—1180 CE) was Śvetāmbara Jain monk and the founder of the Achal Gaccha of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. He was a contemporary of Hemchandrasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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Dharanendrasuri and left him in 1864 AD. Later he became the leader of Tapa Gaccha. He led a movement in 1880 to reform yati tradition at Jaora, resulting...
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the author of Vividha Tirtha Kalpa, Acharya Jinaprabhasuri of Kharatara Gaccha. Prabandha-kosa - A 1349 CE Śvetāmbara text written by Acharya Rajshekharsuri...
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Ganeshprasad Varni Aryika Gyanmati Śvetāmbara ascetics Gacchas Upkeśa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha Kharatara Gaccha Ancient Keśiśramanācharya Swayamprabhasuri Ratnaprabhasuri...
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