Digambara Terapanth kau" by Chanda Kavi, the movement was named Terapanth because it founders disagreed with the Bhattaraka on thirteen points. A letter of 1692 from Terapanthis at Kama to those at Sanganer mentions 13 rituals practices they rejected. The Terapanthis reject these practices: Mentioned in Buddhivilas (1770) of Bakhtaram: The letter by Tera Panthis at Kama also mentions: "Terapanth Khandan" of Pandit Pannalal also mentions: Digambara Terapanth Digambara Terapanth is one of the sects of Digambara Jainism, the other being the "Bispanthi" sect. It formed out of strong opposition to the religious domination of traditional religious leaders called "bhattarakas" during the
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