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Balatkara Gana is an ancient Jain monastic order. It is a section of the Mula Sangh. It is often termed ''Balatkara Gana Sarasvati Gachchha''.〔Jain Shilalekh Samgrah, Part 4, Vidyadhar Johrapurkar, Bharatiya Jnanapith, 1961〕 Until the beginning of the 20th century it was present in a number of places in India.〔Vidaydhar Johrapurkar, Bhattaraka Sampradaya, Solapur, 1958〕 However all its seats in North India became vacant in early 20th century. It survives only at Humbaj in Karnataka, which is its ancient seat. The Bhattaraka seat at Humcha was founded in the 8th century AD, during the reign of Jinadatta Rai, founder of the ruling dynasty of Santar. In 1048 AD, the Mahamandaleshwara Chandarayarus made a donation to a Bhattaraka of Balagara-gana at Balligame near Banavasi in present-day Karnataka. Thus, the Bhattaraka seat at Humcha (or Humbaj) may be one of the oldest of its kind. The current Bhattaraka Srimad Devendrakeerthi Bhattaraka Maharaj has supervised 31 pratishthas outside of India. Balatkara Gana arrived in North India in the 13th century as attested by inscriptions at Un (Vikram 1218), Ahar (Vikram 1228) and Hoshangabad (Vikram 1271.〔Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh, Madhyapradesh: 13th Shati Tak, Dr. Kasturchand Jain Suman, 2001〕 There exists a chronology (Pattavali) of the north Indian tradition the early part of which was composed during the time of Bhataraka Prabhachandra II. Early part of the chronology is supported by a 13th centiry inscription associated with the building of the Kirti Stambh of Chittore.〔Jain Shilalekh Samgrah, Part 5, Vidyadhar Johrapurkar, Bharatiya Jnanapith, 1971〕 The disciples of Bhattaraka Prabhachandra founded several branches and sub-branches in several regions of India. ==North India Branches== Prabhachandra (1318–1368) is regarded to be the first Bhattaraka of Delhi (see Jainism in Delhi) who reigned during 1318-1388. His pupil Padmanandi (1368–1418) had three disciples. *Sakalakirti (1420–1475), first Bhattakra of Idar lineage. * Devendrakirti, who had two disciples: * *Vidyanandi, who founded the Rander-Surat lineage. * *Tribhuvanakirti who founded the Chanderi lineage. *Shubhachandra (1418–1450), whose disciple Jinachandra (1450–1514), both Bhattarakas of Delhi, had three pupils: * * Ratnakirti, founder of Nagaur lineage of 26 Bhattarakas into 20th century. * *Prabhachandra II, who had two pupils: * * *Dharmachandra, founder of Chittore/Amer/Jaipur lineage * * *Sumatikirti, founder of Gwalior lineage. A branch of this later managed Sonagir until 1974. The dates for the Bhattarakas of Delhi were computed by Dr. Jyotiprasad Jain.〔Chronology of the Bhattarakas of Delhi, Dr. Jyotiprasad Jain, Anekanta Oct. 1964, pp. 159-164〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balatkara Gana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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