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Elder 2 · the last kevalī

Jambū Svāmī

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Second in the string, of the Kāśyapa gotra: Sudharman's pupil, and by tradition the last soul of this age to attain kevalajñāna.

Second in the string, of the Kāśyapa gotra: Sudharman's pupil, and by tradition the last soul of this age to attain kevalajñāna. After him, the tradition holds, omniscience is closed until the next ascending half of the wheel.

The Kalpasūtra gives his name and gotra and nothing more. The year on the map — his mokṣa sixty-four years after Mahāvīra's — is the paṭṭāvalī's, and is marked so.

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 — Jambū Svāmī highlighted

Measurements and counts

In the string2nd
GotraKāśyapa
TeacherSudharman
By traditionthe last kevalī
Year64 after Mahāvīra — tradition

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10