Jain Legend Vol 3

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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An old, worn out and infested with termite copy of Mah Ni tha was also available to him. No other copy of Mah Ni tha was available during his time. With his vast knowledge and diligent effort, Hari Bhadra recompiled, and completed that great Mah Ni tha text. He rewrote parts of this text to fill the missing links, pages, words and blanks in between.
After great research by eminent scholars of the country, they have given Vikram 757-827 as the time of Hari Bhadra.
c rya Akalamka
crya Akalamka was a great scholar and influential crya of Digambara sect. His time has been estimated by scholars as 720-780AD (V.N. 1247-1307 or Vikram 777-837). He composed a number of religious texts, some of which are listed below:
Tattv rthav rtika Sabh ya. A a at (V tti of pta M m ms by Samanta Bhadra) Lghava Stara Sav tt Ny ya Vini caya Sav tt Siddhi Vini caya Pram a Mim ms Prameya Mim ms Naya Mim ms Nik epa Mim ms Pram a samgraha
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His father's name was Puru ottama who was the minister of the R rak a dynasty King ubhaTumga of M nyakhe a. Nikalamka was his younger brother. Both brothers had sharp intellect. Both brothers alongwith their parents took the vow of celibacy from c rya Ravi Gupta
Akalamka had such a sharp intellect that he could retain even the toughest lesson once heard in his memory and he could recite the same. The same lesson had to be repeated twice to Nikalamka. Endowed with such sharp intellect, both the brothers acquired deep knowledge of all scriptures and skills and became experts in the same.
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