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Elder 6 · the last śrutakevalī

Bhadrabāhu

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Sixth in the string with Sambhūtavijaya, of the Prācīna gotra, and by tradition the last śrutakevalī — the last who held all fourteen pūrvas — and the author of the Kalpasūtra itself, whose list this is..

Sixth in the string with Sambhūtavijaya, of the Prācīna gotra, and by tradition the last śrutakevalī — the last who held all fourteen pūrvas — and the author of the Kalpasūtra itself, whose list this is.

His four pupils, all Kāśyapa, are named: Godāsa, Agnidatta, Janadatta, Somadatta. Godāsa founded the Godāsa gaṇa with its four śākhās — Tāmraliptikā, Koṭivarṣīyā, Puṇḍravardhanīyā, Dāsīkharbaṭikā — the first branch off the trunk. His death at 170 years after Mahāvīra is tradition, and marked.

MahāvīraIndrabhūti500Agnibhūti500Vāyubhūti500Vyakta500Sudharman500Maṇḍikaputra250Mauryaputra250Akampita300Acalabhrātṛ300Metārya300Prabhāsa300the eleven, by their monks1Sudharman · Agniveśyāyana2Jambū · Kāśyapathe last kevalī · 64 years after Mahāvīra, by tradition3Prabhava · Kātyāyana4Śayyambhava · Vatsa5Yaśobhadra · Tuṅgikāyana6Sambhūtavijaya · MāṭharaBhadrabāhu · Prācīnathe last śrutakevalī · died 170 years after, by tradition7Sthūlabhadra · Gautama8Mahāgiri · AilāpatyaSuhastin · Vāsiṣṭha9Susthita · VyāghrāpatyaSupratibuddha · Vyāghrāpatya10Indradatta · Kauśika11Datta · Gautama12Siṃhagiri · Kauśika13Vajra · Gautama14Vajrasena · Utkṛṣṭa15Puṣyagiri · Kauśika16Phalgumitra · Gautama17Dhanagiri · Vāsiṣṭha18Śivabhūti · Kautsa19Bhadra · Kāśyapa20Nakṣatra · Kāśyapa21Rakṣa · Kāśyapa22Nāga · Gautama23Jehila · Vāsiṣṭha24Viṣṇu · Māṭhara25Kālaka · Gautama26Sampalita · GautamaBhadra · Gautama27Vṛddha · Gautama28Saṅghapālita · Gautama29Hastin · Kāśyapa30Dharma · Suvrata31Siṃha · Kāśyapa32Dharma · Kāśyapa33Śāṇḍilya34Jambū · Gautama35Nandita · Kāśyapa36Deśigaṇin · Kāśyapa37Sthiragupta · Vātsya38Dharma Gaṇin39Devarddhi · Kāśyapathe canon written down at Valabhī · 980 years after, by tradition (some say 993)Godāsa gaṇafounded by GodāsaTāmraliptikā · Koṭivarṣīyā · Puṇḍravardhanīyā · DāsīkharbaṭikāUttarabalissaha gaṇafounded by Uttara and BalissahaKauśāmbikā · Sautaptikā · Kauṭumbinī · CandanāgarīUddeha gaṇafounded by RohaṇaUdumbarikā · Māsapūrikā · Matipatrikā · Pūrṇapatrikākulas: Nāgabhūta · Somabhūta · Ullagaccha · HastiliptaNāndika · ParihāsakaUḍuvāṭika gaṇafounded by BhadrayaśasKampīyikā · Bhadrīyikā · Kākandikā · Mekhalīyikākulas: Bhadrayaśaska · Bhadraguptika · YaśobhadraVeśavāṭika gaṇafounded by KāmarddhiŚrāvastikā · Rājyapālikā · Antarañjikā · Kṣemaliptikākulas: Gaṇika · Maighika · Kāmarddhika · IndrapurakaCāraṇa gaṇafounded by ŚrīguptaHāritamālākārī · Saṃkāśikā · Gavedhukā · Vajranāgarīkulas: Vātsalīya · Prītidharmika · Hāridraka · PuṣyamitrikaMālyaka · Āryaceṭaka · KṛṣṇasakhaMānava gaṇafounded by ṚṣiguptaKāśyapīyā · Gautamīyā · Vāsiṣṭhīyā · Saurāṣṭrikākulas: Ṛṣiguptika · Ṛṣidattika · AbhiyaśasaKauṭika gaṇafounded by Susthita and SupratibuddhaUccanāgarī · Vidyādharī · Vajrī · Madhyamikākulas: Brahmaliptaka · Vātsalīya · Vāṇīya · PraśnavāhanakaTrairāśika · founded by Rohagupta · a śākhā alonelater śākhās down the trunk: Madhyamā, Vidyādharī,Uccanāgarī and her four, Brahmadvīpikā, Āryavajrā, Vajrasena's fourthe canon written down at ValabhīThe string of elders, as a treeKalpasūtra, Sthavirāvalī — Jacobi, SBE 22the order and the gotras are the text's; the three years are tradition, markedeach gaṇadhara's bar is as wide as his following — 4,200 monks in all39elders · 11 gaṇadharas · 8 gaṇas
The string of elders, as a tree — Bhadrabāhu highlighted

Measurements and counts

In the string6th, with Sambhūtavijaya
GotraPrācīna
By traditionthe last śrutakevalī · author of the Kalpasūtra
PupilsGodāsa, Agnidatta, Janadatta, Somadatta
Founded through Godāsathe Godāsa gaṇa, 4 śākhās
Yeardied 170 after Mahāvīra — tradition

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10