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Swami Samantabhadra.
(13 days + 45 years 8 months 9 days) after, on the 8th day of Paushvadi, the ordination of Kundakunda to the Acharya position is established; or in other words, according to the Prakrit Pattavali, when the time of Lohaacharya, the reader of 7-8 Angas, was ongoing, or according to the Shrutavat-tar and Trilokprajnapti, etc., when the time of Kansaacharya, possibly of the Ekadasangadharis, was passing, the existence of Kundakundaacharya is established.
Although, even without being an Angajnani, it cannot be said that Kundakunda's existence during the time of Angajnanis is impossible or unnatural; - there must have been other scholars at that time who were not readers of even a single Anga, but accepting this leads to the following objections, which cannot be refuted or resolved without a proper understanding of Kundakunda's time, which is based on a very questionable and objectionable Pattavali.
(1) Based on both Pattavalis, Arhadbali is almost contemporary with Kundakunda, and the remaining four Acharyas, Maghanandi (II), Dharasen, Pushpadanta, and Bhootbali, are found to be scholars immediately after Kundakunda, and this contradicts the Indranandi Shrutavatar.
(2) Gunadhar, Nagahastin, Aryamanksu, Yativrishabha, and Uccaranaacharya are also found to be scholars many years after Kundakunda, and this also contradicts the 'Shrutavatar'.
1. The time of Lohaacharya begins 515 years after the Veernirvana, and he is said to have lived for 50 years. Therefore, after Kundakunda became an Acharya, the time of Lohaacharya continued for another 27 years.