Contemporaneity and Chronology of Mahavira and Buddha

SR No.: 006721
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagrajmuni, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 188
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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Research and Conclusion
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Nandivardhana was succeeded by his son Mahānandina, whose regnal period according to the Puräņas is 83 years?.
Thus, in 413 B.C., Mahāpadma Nanda acceeded to the throne of Magadha. He is said to have established “Ek rat” Kingdom in India?. He is assigned a regnal period of 88 years by the Purānas,and hence, his rule must have
(History of Buddhism, p. 1608). The Buddhist work MañjušriMülakalpa records.
Tasyārantro rājā Nandanāmā bhaviysati ! Puspåkhye nagre Sriman mahasa inyo mahābalaka. Bhavisyati tadā kāle brāhamanāstārkikā bhuvi !! Tebhi parivārito rājā vai ! asyapyanatamah sakhyah Pāņinirnāma manavah !!
Pasal III, pp. 611.12; Studies on Masījuśri–Mulakal by Jayaswal p. 14.
This means "There will be a Nanda-rājā in Puşpapura (Pāțli Putra) and a Brāhman called Pānini will be his intimate friend. In the court of the king, there will be many Brāhmaṇas who will be logicians and the king will honour them by gifts."
Besides these evidences, Somadeva's Kathåsaritsägara and Kşemendra's Brhatkathāmañgiri bear testimony to the contemporaneity of Pāṇini with the Nanda--rājā the records of the Chinese traveller Hieun-Tsang also support this view. (Cf. Dr. Vasudeva Saran Aggrawal, Pāninikālina Bhāratavarşa, pp. 467-480). Dr. Vasudeva Saran Aggrawal has shown on the basis of literary, historical and traditional evidences that the correct date of Pāņini is about 480-410 B.C. Dr. Aggrawal has also endorsed the view of Jain chronology that the Nanda-dynasty ruled in C473-323 B. C. (op. cit, p. 473). Dr. Aggrawal has also accepted that in 465 B.C. Nandivardhana, the first Nanda king was reigning at Päțaliputra op.cit. p. 474). Dr. Aggrawal has also cited an allusion from the grammar of Pāņini, which records that Nandivardhana was the first Nanda king and that Mahānandin his son was the second
Nanda-king. (Loc. cit.) 1. Väyu Purāna, adh, ICV 320 ; Matsya Purana adh CCLXXI, vs. II.. 2. Vayne Purana, adh, Ic, V. 327 3. lbid, loc. cit.