About the middle of the tenth century there flourished a Jaina high priest named Uddyotana, with whose pupils the eighty four gachhas originated. This number is still spoken of by the Jainas, but the lists that have been hitherto published are very discordant. The following was obtained from a member of the sect as being their recognised list,--and allowing for differences of spelling, nearly every name may be recognised in those previously published by Mr. H. G. Briggs or Colonel Miles.
The Eighty four Gachchhas of the Jainas. [[11]]
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1. ? *† 2. Osvâla*† 3. Âṅchala* 4. Jirâvalâ*† 5. Khaḍatara or Kharatara 6. Lonkâ or Richmati*† 7. Tapâ*† 8. Gaṁgeśvara*† 9. Koraṇṭavâla† 10. Ânandapura† 11. Bharavalî 12. Uḍhavîyâ*† 13. Gudâvâ*† 14. Dekâüpâ or Dekâwâ*† 15. Bh nmâl↠16. Mahuḍîyâ*† 17. Gachhapâla*† 18. Goshavâla† 19. Magatragagad↠20. Vṛihmânîy↠21. Tâlârâ*† |
22. Vîkaḍîyâ*† 23. Muñjhîyâ*† 24. Chitroḍ↠25. Sâchorâ*† 26. Jachaṇḍîy↠27. Sîdhâlavâ*† 28. Mîyâṇṇîyâ 29. Âgamîy↠30. Maladhârî*† 31. Bhâvarîy↠32. Palîvâla*† 33. Nâgadîgeśvara† 34. Dharmaghosha† 35. Nâgapurâ*† 36. Uchatavâla† 37. Nâṇṇâvâla*† 38. Sâḍerâ*† 39. Maṇḍovarâ*† 40. Śurâṇî*† 41. Khaṁbhâvatî*† 42. Pâëchaṁda |
43. Sopârîyâ*† 44. Mâṇḍalîyâ*† 45. Kochhîpanâ*† 46. Jâgaṁna*† 47. Lâparavâla*† 48. Vosaraḍâ*† 49. Düîvaṅdanîyâ*† 50. Chitrâvâla*† 51. Vegaḍâ 52. Vâpaḍâ 53. Vîjaharâ, Vîjharâ*† 54. Kâüpurî† 55. Kâchala 56. Haṁdalîy↠57. Mahukar↠58. Putaliyâ*† 59. Kaṁnarîsey† 60. Revarḍi̐yâ*† 61. Dhandhuk↠62. Thaṁbhanîpaṇâ* 63. Paṁchîvâla† |
64. Pâlaṇpurâ* 65. Gaṁdhârîyâ*† 66. Velîy↠67. Sâḍhapunamîyâ 68. Nagarakoṭîyâ*† 69. Hâsorâ*† 70. Bhaṭanerâ*† 71. Jaṇaharâ*† 72. Jagâyana* 73. Bhîmasena*† 74. Takaḍîy↠75. Kaṁboja*† 76. Senat↠77. Vagherâ*† 78. Vaheḍîyâ* 79. Siddhapura*† 80. Ghogharî*† 81. Nîgamîyâ 82. Punamîyâ 83. Varhaḍîy↠84. Nâmîlâ.† |
Sketch of Jaina Mythology
FOOTNOTES
[Footnote 1]: See Ratnasâgara, bh. II, pp. 696--705.
[Footnote 2]: Cave Temples, pp. 491, 496; Arch. Sur. Westn. India, vol. I, p. 25 and pl. xxxvii; vol. V, p. 49; Transactions, R. As. Soc., vol. I, p. 435. At Rânpur in Godwâr, in the temple of Rishabhanâtha is a finely carved slab representing Pârśvanâtha in the Kâyotsarga position, attended by snake divinities,--Archit. and Scenery in Gujarât and Râjputâna, p. 21. The story has variants: conf. Ind. Ant. vol. XXX, p. 302.
[Footnote 3]: The Digambara describe the colours of the seventh and twenty-first Jinas as marakada or emerald coloured.
[Footnote 4]: For an account of the ritual of the Svetâmbara sect of Jainas, see my account in the Indian Antiquary, vol. XIII, pp. 191-196.