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(Kevalajnana) Jambusvami.
Gautam Ganadhara, Sudharmacharya, and
During the next one hundred years, five Acharyas had complete knowledge of the scriptures, as such, called Śruta Kevalis, the last of them being Acharya Bhadrabahu.
It is generally accepted by the Digambara sect of Jainas that the contents of the original Angas or Purvas were gradually lost during the course of the next five hundred years as these were transmitted orally from one generation of Acharyas to the next. Acharya Bhutabali was the last ascetic who had partial knowledge of the original canon.
Some learned Acharyas later on started to restore, compile and put into written words the teachings of Lord Mahavira, that were the subject matter of Dvādaśanga. Āchārya Dharasen, during the late first century to early second century CE, guided two Acharyas, Acharya Pushpadant and Acharya Bhutabali, to put these profound tenets in the written form. The two Acharyas wrote, on palm leaves, Şatakhaṇdāgama – among the oldest known Digambara Jaina texts. Around the same time, Acharya Gunadhar wrote Kaşayapāhuda.
Since then an enormous amount of magnificent literature has been created by the most learned Acharyas. Only a part of this ocean of literature on various aspects of Jaina faith and philosophy may be available today in readable form. We articulate, with utmost reverence, the names of many distinguished Jaina Acharyas, and read their works with great devotion. Prominent Jaina Acharyas whose works have exerted the greatest influence on the thinkers as well as the practitioners, ascetics and laymen, include Acharya Kundkund, Acharya Umasvami, Āchārya Samantabhadra, Acharya Pujyapada, Acharya Amritchandra (Shri Amritchandra Suri), and Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty.
Like the sun illuminating the ten directions, Acharya Kundkund (also Kundakunda), authored some of the most profound and sacred Jaina texts, including Samayasara, Panchastikaya, Niyamasāra, Pravachanasara, and Atthapāhuda. Four other names of Acharya Kundkund find mention in the Jaina literature: Padmanandi, Vakragrivacharya, Elacharya, and Griddhapichhacharya. As to the age
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