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again brought into order the scriptural texts. 19 Lastly, the Council of Valabhi met under Devardhi-ganin Ks’amas' ramana ( Vira 980=A. C. 513) and the Jain Canon was written down in bookfrom.20
At that time, the Purvas and the 12th Aga Ditthivaya must have been forgotten as a whole, though scrappy information or passages of the same
19. See. मेरुतुंग's विचारश्रेणी; and the begining of the चूर्णी of नंदिसूत्र For the age of Skandila See. कल्याणविजय ibid. P. 106.
20. सामाचारीशतक of समयसुन्दरगणी (The passage is quoted by Pundit Bechardas: 'जैनसाहित्यमा विकार थवाथी थली हानि P. 16 where he discusses the question of वाचनाs of Scriptures very ably ): श्रीदेवधिंगणिक्षमाश्रमणेन श्रीवीरात् अशीत्यधिकनवशत ( ९८० ० ) वर्षे जातेन द्वादशवर्षीयदुर्भिक्षवशाद् बहुतरसाधुव्यापत्तौ बहुश्रुत विच्छित्तौ च जातायां +++ भविष्यद्भव्यलोकोपकाराय श्रुतभक्तये च श्रीसंघाग्रहाद् मृतावशिष्टतदाकालीनसर्वसाधून् वलभ्यामाकार्य तन्मुखाद् विच्छिन्नावशिष्टान् न्यूनाधिकान् त्रुटिताऽत्रुटितान् आगमालापकान् अनुक्रमेण स्वमत्या संकलय्य पुस्तकारूढाः कृताः । ततो मूलतो गणधरभाषितानामपि तत्संकलनानंतर सर्वेषामपि आगमानां कर्ता श्रीदेवर्धिगणिक्षमाश्रमणः एव जातः ।
The council of Valabhi was held under the protection of Dhruvasen I of Valabhi who succee-ded to the throne 526 A. D. See. Charpentier ibid P. 16.
