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Swami Samantabhadra.
In this statement, the epithet 'Kunda-kundanvaya' is given to the original sangha, and the division of the same Kunda-kundanvaya-characterized original sangha into four sanghas by Arhadvali is written. From this, although it sounds like Kunda-kundanvaya was established before Arhadvali, and therefore Kunda-kunda was before Arhadvali, this inscription is written in Saka Samvat 1320, when Kunda-kundanvaya was very famous and the munis, etc., were proud to call themselves Kunda-kundanvaya. Therefore, it is also possible that this epithet was used to show the present Kunda-kundanvaya as inseparable from the original sangha, and it has no historical connection. Arhadvali, as has been shown above, was a contemporary of Kunda-kunda according to the pattavalis - he lived only about three years after Kunda-kunda*. In such a situation, the possibility of him dividing Kunda-kundanvaya in this way is less likely. Besides this, the following inscription from Shravanabelagola opposes the idea of this fourfold sangha by Arhadvali -
"Then, among the learned munis, Kalank Suri became the best. All the meanings were obscured by false darkness, which were illuminated by his rays of words."
* In the Prakrit pattavali, the time of Arhadvali is given from 565 years after Vira-nivan to 593, and it is known from the second pattavali of the Nandi-sangha that Kunda-kunda was established in the Acharya position for 51 years, 10 months, and 10 days, which makes his lifespan up to Vira-ni. Samvat 590, and thus Arhadvali lived for a total of three years after Kunda-kunda.