[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.4457 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4457 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4457 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4457) (EI 7, 9, 11; SII 1; BL), a school or spiritual line; a pontificate; a pontifical seat; the dignity of the head of a Jain school; cf. reference to a Jain religious teacher as belonging to the paṭṭa of another teacher and the santāna of a third teacher; cf., e. g., ‘in the paṭṭa of Dharma-sūri’; also cf. ‘paṭṭ-āvalī of the Kharatara gaccha’. - [Previous: c6.4456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4456) - [Next: c6.4458](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4458) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4457) · Pramāṇa