Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.743

v2.c8.s2.743

Among the monks of Mahāvīra eleven became distinguished as Gaṇadharas i. e., heads of groups guiding and instructing nine separate groups of ascetics placed under them. They were ; (1) Imdabhūi, (2) Aggibhūi(1), (3) Vāubhūi, (4) Viatta(1), (5) Suhamma(1), (6) Maṃḍiyaputta, (7) Moriyaputta(1), (8) Akampiya, (9) Ayalabhāyā, (10) Meyajja(1) and (11) Pabhāsa (1). Akampiya and Ayalabhāyā were made in-charge of a common group.