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Gaccha,
alternatively spelled as Gachchha, is a
monastic order,
along with lay followers, of the
image worshipping Murtipujaka Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism...
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Kharatara Gaccha is one of Śvetāmbara
Murtipujaka Gacchas. It is also
called the
Vidhisangha (the ****embly) or
Vidhimarga (Path of
Proper Conduct), as...
- differences;
claims of
monastic descent from Sudharman,
except for the Upakeśa
Gaccha; [and]
white monastic robes [for]
monks and nuns." However,
despite these...
- 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...
- Tapa
Gaccha is the
largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism.[citation needed] Tapa
Gaccha was
founded by
Acharya Jagatchandra Suri in Vikram...
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orders or
Gaccha.
These are:
Kharatara Gaccha (1023 CE)
Ancala Gaccha(1156 CE)
Tristutik Gaccha (1193 CE) Tapa
Gaccha (1228 CE)
Vimala Gaccha (1495 CE)...
- 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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heads of the
Chaturvidha Sangha's (transl. four-fold congregation) Upkeśa
Gaccha. He
succeeded Swayamprabhasuri and is
believed to have
existed in 6th–5th...
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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 the...
- now. Only 4
survive today - Tapa
Gaccha,
Kharatara Gaccha,
Parshvachandra Gaccha, and
Achal Gaccha. Of these, Tapa
Gaccha is the largest, with the most monks...
