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Time-Decision.
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The time of Dvali, Maghanandi and Dharasena etc. can also be included; because no specific names of Anga-Purva-Ekadeshadharis are given in Trilokaprajnapti, their time is calculated in the Prakrit Pattavali in the time of Ekangadharis (from 566 to 683) - or you can say that they are called Ekangadharis - in the 'Gurvavali' of Nandisangh, Maghanandi is written as 'Purvapadanshavedi' * and in 'Shrutavatar', Acharya Arhadvali, Maghanandi and Dharasen are mentioned as Ekadeshjnata of Anga-Purvi. Apart from this, from the stone inscription no. 105 of Shravanabelagola, whose verses have been quoted above, it is known that Pushpadanta and Bhootbali were the disciples of Arhadvali. Dharasen had called these Pushpadanta and Bhootbali when he saw his death approaching and imparted the knowledge of Karmapraabhrut Shastra. From this, Arhadvali, Maghanandi, Dharasen, Pushpadanta and Bhootbal, all seem to be scholars of almost the same time. It is another matter that some of them may have lived a few years behind each other, and this often happens among contemporary scholars. The rest, by the words 'tatah', 'tadanantar' etc., which place them somewhere else
* As - 'Shrimul Sangh e'jani Nandisanghas tasmin balatkar ganotir amyah. Tatrabhavat purvapadanshavedi shrimaghanandi nardevavandya: ||
X As - "Sarvangapurva desheka desha vat purvadesha madhyagate.
Shri Pundravardhanapura muni rajani tato'rhadvalyakhya: " || 85 || "Tasyanantare managarapungavo maghanandinam abhoot. Sodhyam purvadesha prakasya samaadhina divam yatah " || 102 || "Aprayaniy purvasthit panchama vastu gat chaturtha maha-karma praabhrut kagna: surir dharasen nama abhoot " || 104 ||
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