Tapa Gaccha

Tapa Gaccha is the largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism.^[1]^[2] More than half of the existing Jain ascetics belong to the Tapa Gaccha.^[3] Several successful Sanskrit scholars belonged to Tapa Gaccha, including Hiravijaya, Meghavijaya, Yashovijaya, Vijayanandsuri among others.^[4] Panyas Bhadrankarvijaya was also a notable monk who came in contact with Acharya Ramchandra Suri before initiation as a monk in Tapa Gaccha.^[5]

^ Glasenapp, Helmuth von (1999). Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1376-2.
^ Truschke, Audrey (29 March 2017). Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court. Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-93-86495-06-8.
^ Flügel, Peter (1 February 2006). Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and Dialogues. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-23552-0.
^ Truschke, Audrey (18 January 2021). The Language Of History: Sanskrit Narratives Of A Muslim Past. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-000-9.
^ Cort, John (21 January 2010). Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973957-8.

[1] Glasenapp, Helmuth von (1999). Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1376-2.

[2] Truschke, Audrey (29 March 2017). Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court. Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-93-86495-06-8.

[3] Flügel, Peter (1 February 2006). Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and Dialogues. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-23552-0.

[4] Truschke, Audrey (18 January 2021). The Language Of History: Sanskrit Narratives Of A Muslim Past. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-000-9.

[5] Cort, John (21 January 2010). Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973957-8.

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