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dasakappabbabahārā nijjūdhā jeņa navamapubbão bandāmi bhaddabāhum tam apacchimasayalasuyanāņi
–Rșimandala Sutra
I bow to the last of the Srutakevalis who have extracted Daśakalpa and Vyavahāra from the ninth Pūrva.
Elsewhere in this issue we have printed a speech by Major-General P. S. Lama, Royal Consulate General, Nepal, delivered on the occasion of this year's Mahavira Jayanti Celebration. His speech reminds us of the great Bhadrabahu, last of the śrutakevalis and illustrious author of the celebrated Kalpa Sutra, who, according to the Svetāmbara Jaina tradition, migrated to Nepal during the reign of the Nandas and did not come back from there. As he was the last to retain in memory the fourteen Purvas which were the sacred words of the great master Mahavira, Sthulabhadra, one of his disciples, went to Nepal to acquire this
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