Añcala-gaccha
A living tradition within Mūrti-pūjaka.
Añcala-gaccha is a living tradition within Mūrti-pūjaka. Also written Anchala Gaccha, Anchalgachchha.
Origin
Founding date given as 1179. Jainpedia: founded 1179; the second-largest Mūrtipūjaka order, distinguished by single leadership. No founder named in the source.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Añcala-gaccha.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-ancala-gaccha.
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title = {Añcala-gaccha},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {English version},
url = {https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-ancala-gaccha},
note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.