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(ii) At the same time I cannot fail deeply to appreciate the generous
lending hand of the rich Rajaram College Library, which I many a
time have availed. 8. Alsdorf, p. 8.
Mohanlal Mehta (after Muni Punyavijayaji), however, states that this Bhadrabahu happens to be the brother of the great astrologer Varāhamihira and hence is placed between 500-600 V. S. Vide Jaina Sahitya ka Bșhad Itihāsa (Hindi) (Part III), Varanasi, 1967, intro., p. 9. Only this date can synchronize with the Maitraka ruler Dhruvasena': date. This alternative, seemingly providing a more valid date, is based
on computing at B. C. 477 the Nirvana of Mahāvira. 11. A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jains, Surat 1941, p. 123.
(However, most historical synchronisms are possible if B. C. 477, in lieu
of B. C. 527, is taken as the date of Nirvāņa of Jina Mahävira.) 12. M. A. Dhaky recently has narrowed down this bracket to c. A. D. 550.
600, just as cürnis to c. A, D. 600-700. Alsdorf observes that the amount of Sanskrit in a cūrni indicates its rela
tive age--the more Sanskrit the later the curni : "Jaina Exegetical.", p. 8. 14. Some commentators, however, have rendered the Prakrit narratives in
Sanskrit. 15. Alsdorf, p. 8. 16. Part II, Ratlam 1937. 17. (i) Part I, Ratlam, 1928.
(ii) Vide also Avaśyakasūtra (Part III), Surat 1936. 18. Op. cit. 19. Op. cit. 20. Kapadia, The History of the Canonical., p. 189. 21. Ibid., p. 189.
In point of fact there is hardly any cūrni on any agama which tan be said
to precede its bhäsya. 23. The Doctrines., p. 82. 24. The mentioned Bhâsyas contain 4847, 8600 and 6439 verses respectively.
Vide Kapadia, pp. 187-190.
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