Book Title: Jain Journal 1992 10 Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication Publisher: Jain Bhawan PublicationPage 40
________________ Kundakundacarya: His Life and Works K. B. Jindal The year of ascension (nirvāṇa) of Lord Mahavira is 527 B.C. After him there were only three persons who obtained omniscience in this cycle of time-Gautama, Sudharma and Jambu. After these Kevalins (omniscients), there followed a long succession of apostles who can be classified into four categories depending upon their store of knowledge. Those who had complete knowledge of the spoken word (śruta-jñāna), those who had limited knowledge of the ten Purvas and the eleven Angas, those who knew only the Angas, and those who had knowledge of only one Anga (Acāra). The periods of their ministry are detailed below: I-Kevalins II-Śruta-Kevalins III-Purva-Angins Gautama Sudharma Jambu Jain Education International Viṣṇukumāra Nandimitra Aparajita Govardhana Bhadrabahu Visakha Prosthila Ksatriya Jayasena Nagasena Siddhartha Dhrtisena Vijaya Buddhilinga Years 12 12 38 For Private & Personal Use Only HERE ARE∞32 14 16 22 19 29 10 15 17 21 18 17 18 13 1 Gautama was Ganadhara of Mahavira. A Ganadhara is an interpreter of the sermons and discourses of a Tirthankara. 20 www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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