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JAIN HISTORY LITERATURE and SECTS
Keval-jnäni Ächäryas
Shvetämbar Tradition Name
Sudharmä-swämi 20 Jambu-swämi
44
Shruta-kevali Acharyas
Shvetämbar Tradition
Name
Prabhav
Sayyam-bhava
Yashobhadra
Sambhutivijay
Bhadrabähu
Years as Ächäryas
Das-purvi Acharyas
Name
Ärya Sthulibhadra Arya Mahagiri
Ärya Suhastin
Gunasundar-suri Ärya Kälak
Skandilacharya (Samdilya)
Years as Ächäryas
11
23
50
8
14
Shvetämbar Tradition
Years as Ächäryas
4 8 4 4 5
45
30
46
44
41
38
Revati-mitra-suri
36
Ärya Dharma
24
Bhadragupta-suri 39
Shrigupta-suri
15
Vajraswami
36
Digambar Tradition
Name
Gautam-swämi
Sudharmä-swämi
Jambu-swämi
Digambar Tradition
Name
Vishnu
Nandimitra
Aparajit
Govardhan
Bhadrabähu
E01 - History of Jain Traditions and Sects
Digambar Tradition
Name
Visakh Ächärya
Prosthil
Kshatriya
Jaysen
Nagasen
Siddhärtha
Dhritisen
Buddhilinga
Deva
Dharmasen
Years as Acharyas
12
12
38
Years as Ächäryas
14
16
22
19
29
Years as Ächäryas
10
19
17
21
18
17
18
20
14
16
According to the Shvetämbars, the series of the Das-purvis (knowledgeable with of 11 Angas and ten Purvas only) completely ended with the death of Ächärya Vajra. His death occurred in 114 Vikram Samvat (584 years after Bhagawan Mahavir's Nirvana). However, according to the Digambar, Dharmasen was the last of the Das-purvis, 345 years after Bhagawan Mahavir's Nirvana.
After Ächärya Vajra, there flourished Ächärya Rakshita, who had knowledge of nine and a half Purva and remained Yug-pradhän for 13 years. Keeping in view that disciples might have differently developed faculties of intelligences, understanding, and retention, he made four classifications of the Ägams, based
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