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tion asserts that with Sthulabhadra the knowledge of the 4 last pūrvas10 (11-14) ceased. In consequence of this they are called dasapuvvi (cf. Nandis.), dasapurvin; and from that point the knowledge of the purva decreased gradually. In Anuyogadvārasūtra there is still mention of the first gradation lower, navapuvvi, cf. Bhag.11 2, p. 318 so that finally in the time of Devarddhigani, 980 years after Vira "only one pārva remained", cf. Klatt, ante, Vol. XI, 247b, 1882.12 Also according to Śanticandra on up. 6, the diṭṭhivaa was entirely vyavacchinna 1000 years after Vira.
In the 9th book [214] of the Parisiṣṭaparvan v. 55 ff., Hemacandra gives us a detailed account of the first loss of the knowledge of the pūrvas, viz. of the reduction of their number from 14 to 10. Unfortunately in the MS. (Berlin MS. or fol. 773) which lies before me, and which is rather incorrect, a leaf is lacking with v. 69-98, cf. Jacobi, Kalpasūtra, p. 11. After Hemacandra has informed us in the preceding verses about Caṇakya and Bindusăra, about Aśoka and Śri-Kuņāla, and also about Samprati, he passes to the synod of Pațaliputra, held at the end of this "wicked" period. The principal duty of this council which was to collect the śruta, from all who were in possession of any portion; and it succeeded thus in collecting the 11 angas 13 As regards the dṛṣṭivada, Bhadrabahu was the only person to whom recourse could be had. He, however, was on his way (?) to Nepal (nepāladeśamārgastha) and refused the summons of the Samgha (which had sent two Munis to fetch him), saying that he has begun a dhyānam of 12 years, and that he could not interrupt it. The Śrisamgha, however threatening him, by means of two other Munis, with the punishment of exclusion (samghavahaya), he begged that capable scholars should be sent to him, to whom, at appointed times, he would give 7 vācanās. The Samgha thereupon sent Sthulabhadra,
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10 trayodasapurvin, dva lasa, eka laśa never existed according to tradition. Cf. commencement of the avacuri to the Oghaniryukti.
11 Ueber ein Fragment der Bhagavati, two papers of the author in the Transactions of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin 1866 (1) & (2).
12 I cite this article as Klatt's.
13 itaśca tasmin duşkale karāle kālarätrivat/ nirvāhārtham sadhusamghas tiram niranidher yatha ||55|| agunyamānam tu tadā sādhūnām vismṛtam śrutam anabhyasanatonaśyaty adhitam dhimatām api ||56|| samghaḥ pāṭaliputr (ak)e duşkā!amte 'khilo milat | yad amgadhyayanoddeśady asid yasya tad adade ||57|| tatas cai 'kādaśāngāni śrīsaṁgho melayat tadā dṛṣṭivadanimittam ca tasthau kimcid vicimtayan ||58//
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