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EARLY HISTORY. Govardhana, Stulabhadra and Bhadrabāhu. The last mentioned Sruta Kevalī is of more immediate interest to us as the sage who led a great Jain migration to the south, and who was thus responsible for the spread of Jainism in the Tamil and Canarese countries. We shall, in the next chapter, examine the importance to South Indian religious history of the advent of - this sage into the Mysore country.