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Yugapradhāna Nāgārjuna: Vallabhi-Vācanã was done under the presidentship of Nāgārjuna, and hence he became more famous. Vallabhi-Vācanā is als) called “ Nāgārjuna's Vacanā" "Vācanā" is a technical word meaning 'the teaching," There are so many types of Vācanas, but these are notable: 1) Pāšaliputri-Vāvanā which prevailed in the year 160 After V. N. in the times of BiadrabāhuSwāmī, () Māthuri-Vācanā which was started by Skandılā cāryā and (3) Vailabhi-Vācană, which was started under the guidance of Nāgarjuna, the time, of the second one-Māthuri and the third one Vallabhi is the same.
Due to severe famine, the system of preserving the knowledge merely by hearing from generation to generation (Srutaparampară ) was destroyed. Most able Acaryas also were not there to preserve it Whatever little was remembered by some was also likely to be forgotten, due to the famine. GiacchaNāyakas also became anxious to preserve it. 'l he grip of famine was also not ordinary In those days of starvation when it was very difficult even to preserve whatever little knowledge that was leít, who would think of acquiring new one ? At last after the days of starvation were over, Āiaryå SkandılaSūri in Mathură, as well as, Nagarjuna in Vallabhupura began to re-arrange all the available Śruta. Though both these contemporary Ācāryas were great scholars, unfortunately they differed from one another in certain matters after their Vācunâs were ready. So, in both the Vacanā's certain difference of opinions prevailed. Afterwards when Dévārddhi Gani Ksramāśramaņa tried to compose (edit) Āgamas, he also took labours to remove this difference and keep only one Vā'ană. According to the Vācanā of Skandilacārya, he wrote Siddhānta-Volumes, and in the portion of commentary, he wrote the difference of opinions and readings of Nāgārjuna's Vacanã-the references of which are available even today in the volumes of commentaries. In V. N. 899 Năgarjuna acquired a seat in heaven. He was a proficient Acärya.
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