Contemporaneity and Chronology of Mahavira and Buddha

Author(s): Nagrajmuni, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency

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Mahāvīra and Buddha in 57 B.C.1 This clearly implies that Mahāyīra died in 57+470=527 B.C. The Saka era
According to both the traditions of Jains-Svetāmbara and Digambara, the Saka era commenced 605 years and 5 months after Mahāvīra's Nirvāṇa.? According to history,
1. An Advanced History of India, p. 118, Gupta Samrajya kā Itihasa,
Vol. I, by Dr. Vasudeva Upadhyaya, pp. 182-183. 2. (a) Jam rayaņiṁ siddhigao, arahă titthamkaro Mahāvīro !
Tam rayanimavantie, abhisitto pālao rāyā !! 620 !! Palaya ranno satthi, puņa pannasayam viyāni nadāņam ! Muriyāņam satthisayam, paņatīsā pūsamittānam (ttassa) !!621!! Balamitta-bhānumittä, satthā cattaya honti nahasene ! Gaddābhasayanyegam puna, padivanno to sagorāyā. !! 622 !! Pañca ya māsā pañca ya, vāsā chachceva honti vāsasayā ! Parinivvuassarihato, toauppan (Padivanno) sago rāyā !! 623 !!
---Titthogāli Painnaya, Vss. 620-623. (6) Shri vīranirvrtervarşah şadbhiḥ pancottaraiḥ sataih !
Sāka samvatsarasyaiśā pravșttirbharate(a)bhavat !! - Merutunaga's Vicāra-Śreņi (Jain Sahitya-Samsodhana,
Vol. II, Nos. III-IV, p. 4). (c) Chttham vāsāna saehim pañcāhim vāsehim pañcamāsehim !
Mama nivvāna gayassa u upājjissai sago rāyā !!
--Nemi Candra's Mahāvīra Cariyam, leaf, 94-1. Vs. 2169, (d) Panachassayavassam panamāsajudam gamiya vira-nivvuido!
sagarājo to kakki Cadunavatiya-mahiya sagamāsam !! 850 !!
--Nemicandra Siddhänta-cakravarti's Trilokasāra Vs. 65. (e) Varşāņām şațśatīm tyaktyā pañcāgrām māsapañcakam !
Muktim gate Mahāvire sakarājastato(a)bhavat !! -Jinasenācārya's Harivamsa Purāņa, Adhyâya IX Vs. 549. (f) "Nivvāṇe vīrajine chavvāsa sadesu pancvarisesu!
Panamāsesu gadesu samjādo saganio ahavā !!
-Tiloyapannatti, part 1; 341. (8) "Parca ya māsā pamca ya vāsā chacceva honti väsasasayā ! Sayakāleņa ya saniya thaveyavvo tado rāsi !!
Dhavalā, (Jain Siddhānta Bhavana, Āră), leaf 537.