Tapa Gaccha is the largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism. Tapa Gaccha was founded by Acharya Jagatchandra Suri in Vikram Samvat 1285 (1228...

mainly in Rajasthan), the Tapa, the Achala, the Paichand or Pashwachandra, the Vimal and the Tristutik Gaccha. While the gacchas do not differ from one another...

orders: Kharatara Gaccha (1023 CE) A(ñ)cala Gaccha/Vidhi Pakṣa (1156 CE) Āgamika/Tristuti Gaccha (1193 CE) Tapā Gaccha (1228 CE) Vimala Gaccha (1495 CE) Pārśvacandra...

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)...

(protector deities) of Svetambara Jainism. He is chiefly associated with Tapa Gaccha, a monastic lineage. He was a deity of the Jain tantrik tradition. There...

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...

known as Muni Hiravijayji and Hiravijay Suri, was a high priest of the Tapa Gaccha monastic order, following the Jain Śvetāmbara tradition. He is known...

wrote Lilavati-sara Tapa Gaccha Tristutik Gaccha Jain schools and branches "Overview of world religions-Jainism-Kharatara Gaccha". philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index...

extinct now. Only 4 survive - Tapa Gaccha, Kharatara Gaccha, Parshvachandra Gaccha, and Achal Gaccha. Of these, Tapa Gaccha is the largest, with the most...

Tapas (Sanskrit: तपस्, romanized: tapas) is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions. In Jainism, it means asceticism (austerities...