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THE FIRST PROPAGATOR OF AGAMS: ARYA SUDHARMA
When he was 24 years old Sudharma had already become a great scholar of all the fourteen subjects including Veda-vedanga. His fame spread far and near.
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Hey brother, I hear that Sudharma, the son of Pundit Dhammil of Kollag village* in Videh state, has become a great scholar of Veda-vedanga.
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O Sun of Knowledge, we come from Kalinga to bask in your rays. Please accept us as your students.
To the east of the village in an area full of mango and Kadamb trees Arya Sudharma got a large school built. Students from far and near came there to study.
Thus 500 students from distant lands regularly studied in his school.
One day a messenger came to Arya Sudharma with a letter. Sudharma read it.
And it is said that he is going to build a large
school.
Vipra Somil of Pava submits his salutations at the feet of Arya
Sudharma, Mithila's Sun of Knowledge... I am organizing an unique large yajna. The prominent yajna-scholar Indrabhuti and many other great scholars have consented to participate. I will feel honoured if a great scholar like you joins the ranks of yajna scholars in my yajna-pavilion on this occasion.
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The place is today called Kollua. According to archaeologists this was a prominent education 4 Jan Edu center near Vaishali where Mahapundits Vyakt and Sudharma had their large schoolsww.jainelibrary.org
