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PRABUDHHA JIVAN: AAGAM PARICHAY SPECIAL
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TABLE OF FIVE AAGAMA VACHANA
Period
Leadership
2 Vachna Number First Vachna
Reason for Vachana Jain Sangha
160 years | Pataliputra after Mahavira (now) known Nirvan
as Patna)
Second & Vachana
Might be king Kharwel
300 years Khandagiri / after Mahavira Kumari hill in Nirvana
Kalinga now in i.e.2nd B.C. Orissa near
Bhuvanesvara
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Third 2 Vachana
Mathura
Arya Skandilacharya
827 years after Mahavira Nirvana i.e.3rd century A.D.
Reason for Details of Vachana Vachana Because of At that time only Acharya draught continued Bhadrabahu was having all for 12 years scriptural knowledge. He was scriptures were at Nepal performing severe forgotten in the austerity. Jain Sangha insisted ? memory of so he explained 11 Angas, half 2 Acharyas OR Drastivad and 10 Purvas. Possibility of war Remaining half Drastivad and 4 in Magadha Purvas, he gave only Sutras Kingdom
without any explanation. The 2 remaind matter included as
Anga Bahya. After war between We do not have proper inforKalinga and mation regarding this Vachana. 2 Magadha, the Only available information is 2 Kalinga ruined but Kharwel's inscription which after 150 years he states-Forgotten Angasaptika won the battle scripture was arranged with the
help of Vachana by seers to keep them in order form and
arranged nearly as required. Two reasons are There is a system in given in
Swetambara tradition that Nandisutra
Acharya is requested to come ? (1) After draught to deliver lecture. When he the Vachana of arrives, after adoring him the KALIK SUTRA Jain Sangh requests to present was performed. Vachana which is also known ? (11) Sutras were as "Vaena'. Such type of not lost but possibility might have occured anuyogdharas at that time as Mathura's Jain were not survived Sangha was very much except Acharya prominent and efficient. Skandila, so he made Agama Vachana The same as The Sadhus who were moving & above.
in North-East direction and centre province gatherd at Mathura for performing Vachana. At the same time the sadhus who were in Viharas in South-West area assembled at a Vallbhipur in Gujarat for
Vachana. To write the 500 Acharyas joined the Agamas before council with their minimum four ? losing in memory disciples for writing work. Here 2 of seers.
previously performed two Vachanas were also united and wherever the difference/ disagreement was noticed they 2 were assimilated with the words 'Nagarjuniyastu Pathanti.
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Vallabhipur
Arya Nagarjuna
Fourth 2 Vachana
Contempo- rary of third Vachana (Nagarjuniya Vachana)
827 years after Mahavira Nirvana i.e. 3rd century A.D.
2 Fifth 2 Vachana
Acharya Devardhigani Ksmasramana
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980 years Same as after Mahavira above Nirvana (Nearly about 150 years after third and fourth Vachana)
