________________ AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2012 PRABUDHHA JIVAN: AAGAM PARICHAY SPECIAL 151 உலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலல TABLE OF FIVE AAGAMA VACHANA Period Leadership 2 Vachna 2 Number First Vachna Reason for Vachana Jain Sangha 160 years after Mahavira Nirvan Pataliputra (now) known as Patna) லலலலலலலலலலலலல்ல Second 2 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 லலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலல Third 2 Vachana Mathura Ana 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 a 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 remaind matter included as Anga Bahya. After war between We do not have proper inforKalinga and mation regarding this Vachana. ? Magadha, the Only available information is Kalinga ruined but Kharwells inscription which after 150 years he states-Forgotten Angasaptika won the battle scripture was arranged with the help of Vachana by seers to 2 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 a South-West area assembled at 2 Vallbhipur in Gujarat for Vachana. To write the 500 Acharyas joined the Agamas before council with their minimum four 2 losing in memory disciples for writing work. Here of seers. previously performed two Vachanas were also united and wherever the difference/ disagreement was noticed they were assimilated with the words "Nagarjuniyastu Pathanti. லலலலலலலல Vallabhipur Arya Nagarjuna 2 Fourth 2 Vachana Contemporary of third Vachana & (Nagarjuniya Vachana) 827 years after Mahavira Nirvana i. e. 3rd century A.D. Fifth 2 Vachana Acharya Devardhigani Ksmasramana 980 years Same as after Mahavira above Nirvana (Nearly about 150 years after third and fourth Vachana)
