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Brahmin 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 became s 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 to Diţțhivāya.' Names of the remaining i angas are mentioned by me in Vol. XVII ( pt. 5 ) on pp. 17-18.
As he was to survive other 10 Ganadharas he was made the head of the Jaina church by Lord is Mahāvira. Add at the end. For details see Vol. XIX (sec. 2, pt. 2, pp. 402-40; & Addenda'). He belonged to "Prācina' 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 Sambhūtivijaya and a preceptor of Sthulabhadra 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 Dasa ( No. 479 ), Kappa (No. 568 ) and Vavahära ( No. 462 ). He has composed 10 Nijjuttis, one on each of the following canonical treatises :___ आवस्सय, दसवेयालिय, उत्तरायण, आयार, सूयगड, 30 दसा, 'कप्प, धबहार, सूरपण्णन्ति and इसिभासिय,
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