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years had elapsed. The HVP mentions Nanda and Sunandā as the consorts of Rṣabhdeva [sarga 9, verse 18]. The Adipurāṇa states the names of Yaśasvatī and Sunanda as the consorts of Rṣabhadeva [parva 15, verse 70]. Nanda gave birth to twins, Bharata and Brahmi [HVP, sarga 9 verses 21-23]. But Svāmī Jinasena narrates that Yasasvati was the mother of Bharata and Brahmi who were not twins [Ādipurāṇa, parva 15, verses 100, 145]. Further the HVP narrates that Narada, after observing austerity, attained mokṣa [sarga 65, verse 24], but in the Digambara tradition Narada goes to Narakagati. Baladeva, after discovering that the soul of his brother Kṛṣṇa in the Välukaprabha naraka, insists Kṛṣṇa to accompany him leaving the Hellish world. Refusing to oblige, Kṛṣṇa requests Balarama to reach Bharata-kṣetra and build temples enshrining his images. Balarama fulfilled his brother's desire [HVP, sarga 65]. But this request of Kṛṣṇa for constructing shrines and consecrating his images is not befitting a person with samyag-drṣti, Right vision. Since it is against Digambara philosophy, the Uttarapurana of Gunabhadra does not record this incident. Albeit, the Yacana-pariṣaha example from the Uttaradhyayana -sūtra [circa 3rd-4th century] and the CauppannaMaha-purisa-cariya of Silānka (863) have recorded this incident. In short, the HVP has incorporated many events which are similar to Śvetāmbara/Yapaniya and neither found nor acceptable to Digambara tradition. Yet the HVP does not fully subscribe to Svetambara or Yapaniya order. In many respects it differs from them and agrees with the Digambara frame. For instance, the HVP is silent about strimukti and kevalabhukti (kavalāhāra), which are patent of both Svetambara and Yapaniya, but not acceptable to Digambara canon. All said and done, the above discussion will not repudiate the established fact that Raviṣena and Punnāța Jinasena belonged to Mülasamgha, the original Digambara congregation.
The Aradhana (s.a. Mūlārādhanā, Bṛhadārādhanā, Bhagavati Aradhana) of Acārya Sivārya is believed to be a work of Yapaniya school. Aparajitasūri, also of this affiliation, and Pandit Aśādhara Sūri
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