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would have been lost after the medieval age. Dharmaghosa, the author of Isimaṇḍala, attributes the following works to the authorship of Bhadrabahu:
दशवैकालिकस्याचारांगसूत्रकृतांगयोः । व्यवहारार्षभाषितावश्यकानाम् इतः क्रमात् । उत्तराध्ययन सूर्यप्रज्ञप्त्योः कलकस्य च ।। दशाश्रुताख्यस्कन्धस्य निर्युक्तिर्दशसोऽनोत् । तथाऽन्यां भगवांश्चक्रे संहिताम् भाद्रवाहवीम् ॥
The list is too long to go unchallenged and some of the works named therein, like Uttaradhyayana and Daśavaikālika must have handed down from the past. But in so far as Bhadrabahu preserved them in his own memory, the claim is all right. All things said, however, it must be admitted that his was a superhuman intellect which produced many works and left inspiration for many more. The present generation of the Jainas owes not a little debt of gratitude to one who perserved the texts in his memory which has helped them to retain their identity, though in a very truncated form, for which Bhadrabahu was not responsible in any way against the vast welter of Hinduism, which is by no means a small thing particularly when one recalls that Buddhism got lost in the land of its birth and Gautama Buddha has been given a position in the Hindu pantheon.
The date of the present translation is February 10, 1971-April 7, 1972. Its publication has, however, been delayed due to factors beyond control. It is at last going to the readers, and the writer hopes that they will find it useful.
For the illustrations, the writer is grateful to the Editor of the Jain Journal, Jain Bhavan, Calcutta, who made available the blocks and to the publishers who readily agreed to use all of
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