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## 186
Swami Samantabhadra.
And one cannot believe in the order suddenly. In the available Jain literature, the time of the Ekadasangadharis is found to be 565 years after the Nirvan of the Veer, based on the oldest texts mentioning the subject matter. After this, in 118 years, there were four Ekangadharis and some Angapurvas who were also Eka-deshadharis. And among these, the name of Bhadrabahu II is at number three. The total number of years for these four Acharyas, which is given separately in the Prakrit Pattavali as 6, 18, 23, and 50 years, is 97 years. It is possible that this number of years for the duration of these Munis is correct, and the remaining 21 (118-97) years may have been the time of the Eka-deshadharis of the Angapurvas. According to this calculation, the time of Bhadrabahu (II) seems to have started 589 (565+6+18) years after the Nirvan of the Veer and lasted till the 612th year. Now, if it is assumed - which does not seem to be a major obstacle - that Kundakunda became his disciple about five years before the end of Bhadrabahu's time - after 607 years from the Nirvan of the Veer - and also, if the statement found in the Pattavali that 'Kundakunda' became a Muni at the age of 11, remained a simple Muni for 33 years, and then remained established in the position of Acharya for 51 years 10 months 10 days, is also accepted as mostly true, then the time of Kundakunda becomes around 608 to 692 years after the Nirvan of the Veer. Within this time - till 662 years after the Nirvan of the Veer - the time of the last Acharangadhari 'Lohacharaya' also passes, and after that, the time of the Angapurva Eka-deshadharis or the Angapurva Padaansh Vedis for 21 years also passes, in which Arha...