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- calendar and to ritual. The various gacchas also trace their descent through different lineages. The number of 84 Gacchas is still spoken of by the Jains...
- on their pupillary lineages known as gacchas. Emerging between the 11th and 16th centuries, each of the gacchas claimed to represent a "truer" version...
- 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. More than half of the existing Jain ascetics belong to the Tapa Gaccha. Several...
- Kharatara Gaccha is one of Śvetāmbara Murtipujaka Gacchas. It is also called the Vidhisangha (the ****embly) or Vidhimarga (Path of Proper Conduct), as...
- Achal Gaccha, also known as the Vidhipakṣa or Anchal Gaccha (Hindi: अचलगच्छ or अंचलगच्छ) is one of the four existing Gacchas and one of the 84 gacchas of...
- well as monks. To manage the large following, gacchas (administrative sub-divisions) were created. 84 gacchas have come into existence till date and most...
- (1228 CE) Vimala Gaccha (1495 CE) Parsvacandra Gaccha (1515 CE) Kharatara Gaccha is one of Śvetāmbara gacchas. It is also called Vidhisangha (the ****embly)...
- Pakṣa Gaccha and Yashodhana became his first lay follower. Several acharyas of other gacchas such as Shankheshwar Gaccha, Nanak Gaccha, Vallabhi Gaccha, Nadol...
- philosopher of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. He belonged to the Tapa Gaccha sub-sect of the religion. Suri was born in 1884 in the village of Nandia...