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KALPA SÚTRA.
Since the time that the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvira died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, nine centuries have elapsed, and of the tenth century this is the eightieth year. Another redaction has ninety-third year (instead of eightieth)? (148)
End of the Fifth Lecture.
End of the Life of Mahâvira.
1 To what facts the two dates in this paragraph relate, is not certain. The commentators confess that there was no fixed tradition, and bring forward the following four facts, which are applied at will to either date :
1. The council of Valabhi under the presidency of Devarddhi, who caused the Siddhanta to be written in books.
2. The council of Mathurâ under the presidency of Skandila, who seems to have revised the Siddhanta.
3. The public reading of the Kalpa Sūtra before king Dhruvasena of Anandapura, to console him on the death of his son. Anandapura is identified with Mahâsthâna by Ginaprabhamuni, and with Badanagara by Samayasundara. Some scholars have assumed, but not proved, that this Dhruvasena is identical with one of the Valabhi kings of the same name.
4. The removal of the Paggusan by Kalakakarya from the fifth to the fourth Bhadrapada.
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