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the fourteen Purvas, complete with their text and meaning. Of the
remaining four he could only memorize the text. 55 Besides imparting the education of the twelve canons, 1
Bhadrabahu also wrote the Chheda Sutras–Dashashrutaskandha 5 (The Kalpasutra is an elaboration of the eighth chapter of this work), * Vrihatkalpa, Vyavahar Sutra and Nisheeth. He died in the year 170
A.N.M. (299 B.V., 356 B.C.). With him the Shrutkevali lineage (those 55 55 who knew both the text and the meaning of all the fourteen Purvas) 5 became extinct. 5 Acharya Sthoolibhadra-He was born in a famous Brahman 4 \ family of Gautam gotra living in Magadh. He was the son of the si 5 illustrious minister Shakatar (Shakatal/Shakadal) who was the back #bone of Magadh politics. He had seven sisters, who later became - ascetics under Acharya Sambhoot Vijay. His younger brother,
Shriyak, was in the state services. When he was young, 4 Sthulibhadra's father sent him to the divinely beautiful courtesan 4
Kosha to learn various facets of social behaviour. Infatuated with the i beauty of Kosha, Sthulibhadra stayed with her. It was only after
twelve years that he came out of her house, when the king invited him to accept the post of prime minister, vacated due to the death of Shakatar. The news of the death of his father caused by some political conspiracy brought about a marked change in Sthulibhadra's
attitude. He resolved to renounce the social life to become an ascetic. 5. In the year 146 A.N.M. (323 B.V., 380 B.C.) he took diksha from - Acharya Sambhoot Vijay. The story of his spending a monsoon-stay at 45 Kosha's residence in order to test his determination and discipline is 4i a popular saga in Jain history.
Sthulibhadra was the organizer of the conference of ascetics called for the compilation of the canonical knowledge scattered due to t 4 twelve year drought. After compiling the eleven Angas, five hundred 41 ascetics were sent to Bhadrabahu for learning the twelfth, 4 Drishtivad. Only Sthulibhadra had the capability and determination 4 to learn Drishtivad. When he had acquired the complete knowledge of
the text and the meaning of its ten chapters an incident occurred that 5 put an abrupt stop to his learning. 5 His seven sisters, who had become ascetic, became curious about
his endeavour and planned a visit to see it for themselves. With the जश्री नन्दीसूत्र
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