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Brāhmin by birth and well-versed in the Vedas. He renounced the world at the age of so and was initiated along with his soo pupils into the Jaina monk's order by Lord Mahavira. He becames omniscient at the age of 92 and attained salvation after 8 years in B. C. 519 and thereby became entirely free from all the shakles of birth and death for ever.
He has composed 12 angas, 12th named as 10 Dithivāya.' Names of the remaining i angas are mentioned by me in Vol. XVII (pt. s) on pp. 17-18.
As he was to survive other 10 Gañadharas he was made the head of the Jaina church by Lord 15 Mahävira. Add at the end. For details see Vol. XIX ( sec. 2, pt. 2, pp. 402-405 &'Addenda'). He belonged to ‘Prācīna' lineage. He renounced the world at the age of 45 and became a pupil 20 of Arya Yaśobhadra. He is the co-pupil of Arya Sambhútivijaya and a preceptor of Sthūlabhadra to whom he taught all the 14 parvans, the last four without explanation. He died in B. C. 357 at the age of 76.
25 He is the author of Dasā ( No. 479 ), Kappa (No. 568 ) and Vavahāra ( No. 462). He has composed 10 Nijjuttis, one on each of the following canonical treatises :
3176A", gaufsa, JFIFTHTOT, 371717, FUTE, 30 दसा, 'कप्प, वबहार, सूरपण्णत्ति and इसिभासिय.
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1 The 12th pnga is not available since a number of centuries. 2 It seems that there is no separate Ms. of its Nijjutti in the Govt. MSS.
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