On the Indian Sect of the Jainas

by Georg Bühler

6. tasya Pravarakasya dhitu Varan

asya gatvakasya ma|t|uya Mitra(?)sa ...datta gâ

7. ye..|namo bhaga|vato mah|âvîrasya|

and the translation (so far) will be,--

"Success! Adoration to the Arhat Mahâvirâ, the destroyer(?) of the gods. In the year of king Vâsudeva, 98, in the month 4 of the rainy season, on the day 11--on the above date ... of the chief of the school (gan

in) Aryya-Devadata (Devadatta) out of the school (gan

a) of the Aryya-Udehikîya (Ârya-Uddehikiya), out of the Parihâsaka line (kula), out of the Ponapatrikâ (Paurnapatrikâ) branch (śâkhâ)." [[50]]

These and many other statements in the inscriptions, about the teachers and their schools are of no small importance in themselves for the early history of the Jainas. The agreement of the above with the Kalpasûtra can best be shown by placing the statements in question against one another. The inscriptions prove the actual existence of twenty of the subdivisions mentioned in the Sthavirâvali of the Kalpasûtra. Among its eight ganas we can certainly trace three, possibly four--the Uddchika, Vârana, Veśavâdiya(?) and Kodiya.

Inscriptions:

	1. Kottiya (Kodiya) Gana
Bramadâsika kula Thâniya kula P[anha] vahu[naya] ku[la] Majhamâ śâkhâ			Uchchenâgarî śâkhâ Vairî, Vairiyâ śâkhâ