Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s14.358

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Niggantha (Nirgrantha) One of the five Samaṇa(1) sects Niggantha means a monk i.e. a disciple of Titthayara Mahāvīra.² Niggantha is that person who is free from the bonds of thought and matter (muktadravya-bhāvagrantha)³ or devoid of internal and external impurities-granthas i.e. entanglements or bonds of passions and possessions Niggantha teachings meant the teachings of Mahāvīra or other (twenty three) Titthayaras hence Niggantha stands for the sect of Mahāvīra and other Titthayaras or for the Jaina order as a whole 1 PinN 445 AcaS pp 314 325 SthA p 94 NisBh 4420 2 Aca 108 2 141 152 179 3 UttS p 418 4 UttCu p 146 DasC p 334 AcaSi p 155 SthA pp 56 94 BhaA pp 60 891 UttS. p 257 DasH p 192 BrhKs p 257 5 Bha 384 Jna 23 24 Dasa 10 1 7 Upa 5 44 A aN (Dīpikā) p 139 A Cu p 241 D sa Cu p 91