Origin and Development of Jaina Saṅgha

following twenty After Rsabhadeva there appear the names of the three Tirthankaras in the Jaina puranic tradition, viz. Ajita, Sambhava,. Abhinandana, Sumati, Padmaprabha, Supārsva, Candraprabha, Puspadanta Sitala, Śreyāṁsa, Vāsupūjya, Vimala, Ananta, Dharma, Santi, Kunthu, Araha, Mallı, Munisuvrata, Nami, Nemi, Pārśvanath and Vardhamana.I But it is not possible to make a comparative study of the life

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सिकदार के अनुसार केवल अन्तिम दो तीर्थंकरों के ऐतिहासिक प्रमाण उपलब्ध हैं, अतः संघ का उद्भव पार्श्वनाथ की परम्परा और महावीर में उसके विलय से पढ़ा जा सकता है। आचारांग, सूत्रकृतांग और इसिभासियाइं के आधार पर वे मानते हैं कि आगम आरम्भिक संगठन के अंश ही सुरक्षित रखते हैं। Sikdar argues that only the last two Tīrthaṅkaras leave historical traces, so the saṅgha's origin must be read from Pārśva's order and its absorption under Mahāvīra. He works from the Ācārāṅga, Sūtrakṛtāṅga and Isibhāsiyāiṁ, conceding that the Āgamas preserve only fragments of its earliest organisation.

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