SamnyAsin names/ Buddhist Sanskrit proper names

[Yashwant Malaiya]

For Jain monks, the word Suri means Acharya, which is a title.
An Acharya leads an independent order of monks/nuns.

BraahmaNotpattimaartanDa of HariKrishna Sharma mentions 4
sanghas of Jain monks, each with four branches (with
appropriate name endings)

Nandi: kirti, nandi, bhushana, chandra
Simha: simha, gupta, acharya, jayasuri
Sena: sena, bhadra, naga, tunga
Deva:  deva, datta, raj, malla

I'm not sure about his source. There indeed were 4 Sanghas
among the Digambara monks. About shakhas I'm not sure.

Many gurvavalis seem to suggest that it was not necessary
for monks to have the same ending as the teacher. Most
popular Digambara  name-ending is these days is "sagar".
Giri too has been used by Jain monks. The "giri" in "Abhayagiri
Nikaya" of Srilanka comes from the name of a Nirgrantha
monk.

Yashwant




Nanda Candran:

> Bauddha monastic names seem to incline towards "ghosa", "kirti" etc
> Ashvaghosa, Buddhaghosa, Dharmakirti, Chandrakirti.

Stephen Hodge

>-sena, -mitra, -gupta, -bhadra, -deva, -bodhi, -mati, -paala
>and -rak.sita.