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Time-Determination.
The Acharya Guruparipati was knowledgeable in both principles and wrote a commentary on the first three sections of the 'Shatkhandagama', comprising twelve thousand verses.
This statement clearly indicates that Kundakunda Acharya did not exist before the Vira Nirvana 683, but after it. However, how much after is unclear. If we assume that the combined time of the four Araatiya Munis, Vinayadhar etc., who came after the last Acharaangdhari 'Lohaacharya', is 20 years, and the gross time of the gurus of Arhadvali, Maghanandi, Dharasen, Pushpadant, Bhootbali and Kundakunda is only 10-10 years, which is not an excessive assumption, then it can be easily said that Kundakunda existed 80 years after the said time or 763 (683+20+60) years after the Vira Nirvana, and this time is close to the time (770) given in the said verse quoted from the Vidvajnabodhak, and therefore it is greatly supported by it. In the Shrutavatar, the statement that only Kevali-Shrutakevalis etc. existed within 683 years from the Vira Nirvana to the last Acharaangdhari Lohaacharya, with the order and time-indication, is also found in ancient texts like Trilokprajnapti, Harivansh Purana by Jinsen and Adipurana by Bhagavajin. However, the Trilokprajnapti specifically includes the time of Ang and Purvokedeshdharis in the number 118 years of Acharaangdharis *; this includes the time of the four Araatiya Munis, Vinayadhar etc.
* Padhamom Subhaddanamomo Jasabho Tah Ya Hodi Jasabah. . Turiyo Ya Lohanamo Ede Ayar Angdhara ||8|| 11