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- The 'Mirkara inscription', which claims to be sufficiently ancient to prove Kundakunda's existence, has been proven to be forged by historians. After the Mirkara inscription was proven to be forged, no other inscription from before the 9th century is available that mentions Kundakunda or his lineage. Furthermore, the fact that no other Acharya before Amritachandra (10th century) wrote a commentary on Kundakunda's texts during the era of commentaries and interpretations also proves that Kundakunda is relatively later. The clear concept of Gunasthan and Saptabhangi found in Kundakunda's literature also leads to the same conclusion, that Kundakunda is an Acharya from after the 5th century, because the clear concept of Gunasthan and Saptabhangi was formed in the 4th-5th century, as we have mentioned in the previous pages of the introduction. Thus, the attempt to place Kundakunda in the 1st century AD is neither supported by any inscriptional evidence nor is any such literary evidence available in this regard that can prove Kundakunda to be from the 1st century. In determining the time of Kundakunda, we agree with Prof. Madhusudan Dhaky, according to whom Kundakunda is an Acharya from after the 6th century. On this basis, it can be said that the stories of Mahapratyakhyan have gone from Bhagavati worship and Mulachar to Kundakunda literature. _ In this comparative study, the question naturally arises whether the similar stories found in Mahapratyakhyan have come into this text from the Agamas and appointments or whether these stories have gone from this text into the Agamas and appointments? As far as the Agama literature is concerned, it can be clearly said that the stories found in Mahapratyakhyan
1. Prof. M. A, Dhaky
Aspects of Jainology, Vol. 3,
Dalsukh Bhai Malvania felicitation, Vol. 1, Page 190. 2. Nathuram Premi-Purusharthsiddhupay, Introduction Page 4. 3. See-Introduction Page 16-17. 4. Prof. M. A. Dhaky
Aspects of Jainology, Vol. 3, Dalsukh Bhai Malvania felicitation, Vol. 1, Page 196.
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