THE JAINS. Sis 



since ; and the Calpasutra appears therefore to have 

 been composed about fifteen hundred years ago *. 



The several J'mas are described as attended by nu- 

 merous followers, distributed into classes, under a 

 few chief disciples, entitled GayiaiV haras, or Gaiid- 

 dliipas. The last Jina had nine such classes of fol- 

 lowers, nnder eleven disciples. Indrabhuti, Ag- 

 NiJBHUTi, VaVubhutt, Vyacta, Suduarma, Man- 



DICAPUTRA, MaiRYAPUTRA, AcaMPITA, AcHaLA- 



emra'ta; Me'tarya, Prabha'sa. Nine of these 

 disciples died with MahaViha; and two of them, 

 Indrabhuti and Sud'harma, survived him, and 

 subsequently attained beatitude. The Calpasutra 

 adds, that all ascetics, or candidates for holiness, 

 were pupils in succession from Sudharma, none of 

 the others having left successors. The author then 

 proceeds to trace the succession from Sudharma to 

 the different Sdchas, or orders of priests, many of 

 which appear still to exist. This enumeration dis- 

 proves the list communicated to Major Mackenzie 

 by the head priest of Belligola. 



The ages and periods, which have been more than 

 once alluded to in the foregoing account of the Jai}2as, 

 are briefly explained in He'machandra's vocabulary. 

 In the second chapter, which relates to the heavens 

 and the gods, &c. the author, speaking of time, 

 observes, that it is distinguished into Avasarpini and 

 Utsarp'mi, adding that the whole period is com- 

 pleted by twenty cot'i.s of cutis of Sagaras ; or 

 1^,000,000,000,000,000 oceans of years. I do. not 

 find, that he any where explains the space of time 



* The most ancient copy in my possession, and the oldest one 

 which I have seen, is dated in l6l4^anivat: it is nearly C50 years 

 «ld. 



