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Indrabh ti Gautama
Date of Birth
605 B.C.
Birth Place
Gobbara Village near R jag ha, the seat of power of Magadha Kingdom
Gautama Gotra and Brahmin
Gotra (lineage or status) & Caste Birth Star
Father's Name
Jye tha Vasubh ti Gautama. According Digambara tradition, it is Sandilya
to
Mother's Name
P thy
Agnibh ti
Name of the middle brother Name of the younger brother Education
V yubh ti
Studied completely all the 14 types of knowledge viz., - 4 Vedas - ga, Yajura, S ma &
Atharva Vedas - 6 Vedamgas - ik , Kalpa,
Vy kara a, (grammar) Nir kta, Chandas and Jyoti a (astrology) 4 Up mgas - Mm ms, Ny ya, Dharma stra and P r a
He became an erudite scholar in all the above mentioned 14 disciplines.
c rya of Vedic scriptures and his disciples
In many Jain scriptures and literature it is said that Indrabh ti Gautama was a famous c rya of great intellect and 500 students used to learn from him. The sequential time he spent on education and educating as a
c rya might be as follows: After the completion of his learning at the age of 25, he might have wandered for five years to various places and then might have defeated the scholars in scriptural discourses
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