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For, taking 484 B, C., as the date of Buddha's Nirvana, Konika's accession, which according to Dr. Jacobi took place 7 or 8 years before the Nirvana of Buddha, falls in 491 - 2 B. C., and the date of Mahavira's Nirvana is 477 B. C. Hence, the maximum possible interval is 15 years.
Punarvijnpayamasa Ninendram magdhadhipah ! Bhagvan kevaljnanam kasmin uvycchedamesyati !! Nathapyakarhayat pas ya vidyunmali surohyasau! Samaniko brahmendras ya caturdevi Samavrtah !! Ahnomusmat saptamehni cyutva bhavi pure tava ! Sresthi-rsabhadattas ya Jambu hutrontyakevali !! Parisista Parva, cantos I, vv. 262-64.
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Sudharma Svaminah paddanapadambhodhitarakan ! Pancangasprsta-bhupithah sa pranyajyam parmes
vara!
Samsarasagaratarim pravajyam parmesvara ; Mama sasvajans yapi dehi dhehi krpam mayi !! Pancamah sriganadhar. pyevamabhyarthitastada!! Tasknai saparivardya dadau diksam yathavidhi '.! Ibid, cantos III, vv. 287-89.
The total age of Jambu Svami was 80 years, out of which 16 years were spent in the household life, the next 20 years as a monk in non-omniscent stage, and the last 44 years in the omniscent stage Also, he attained the Nirvana 64 years after Mahavira's Nirvana. It means that he was initiated into monkhood in the same year in which Mahavira attained the Nirvana.
See, Traditional Dates of Buddha's Nirvana, in Chapter VII of this book.
The essay of Dr. Jacobi was published originally in 1940,
