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and intelligent. He was impressed by the miracles of Paadlıpt Suri. It 45
is said that he was a disciple of both Paadlipt Suri and Acharya i 5 Himvant but there is no clear indication as to which of these was his
initiator and which the teacher. However, as his period does not 91 coincide with that of Paadlipt Suri, his being a disciple of Paadlipt Suri appears just to be a hearsay.
The statement that he reached the status of Vachanacharya \i gradually becomes clear when we study the lineage of Acharyas of 5 that period. According to the available information Arya Skandil, 5
Arya Himavan and Arya Nagarjun were contemporaries and all the 5 4 three were Vachanacharyas. According to this verse he succeeded i 5 Arya Himvant and according to the Yuga-pradhan lineage chart he
ed Arya Simha as Yuga-pradhanacharya. As per the available dates it appears that after the death of Arya Simha in the year 826 A.N.M., the specially talented Arya Skandil must have been made 4 Vachanacharya and at the same time young Nagarjun must have 4 been made Yuga-pradhanacharya After that, in the year 840 A.N.M. when Arva Skandil died, the senior ascetic Himavan must have been made Vachanacharya. When Arya Himavan died, in absence of another capable shraman, Nagarjun must have been given the joint responsibilities and positions of Yuga-pradhanacharya and Vachanacharya.
Almost coinciding with the Mathura congregation organized by Arya Skandil, Arya Nagarjun also organized another convention of 4 shramans in Vallabhi in southern India. The two Acharyas could not 4 4 meet after these congregations and so the task of removing 41 of differences in the compiled texts was left undone. The important
dates in the life of Arya Nagarjun are-Birth-793 A.N.M. (324 V., 267 A.D.), Diksha-807 A.N.M. (338 V., 281 A.D.)., Death-904
A.N.M. (435 V., 378 A.D.)., Emperor Chandragupta of Magadh and 5 his son Samudragupta were his contemporaries.
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