A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c3.5

c3.5

III Transmission of learning in olden days, 18 lipis taught to Brāhmī by Lord Ṛṣabha, her father, reasons for no. writing the Vedas etc. in ancient times, the main object of Jaina saints for not reducing their sacred literature to writing, penalties for violation, an irony of fate, 12-year famines in the times of Skandila Sūri and Nāgārjuna Sūri, councils summoned at Mathurā and Valabhī by these Sūris, the redaction of the Jaina canon under the presidentship of Devarddhi Gaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa, differences of opinion regarding its date, 9 important features of this redaction, codification and composition of the Jaina canon as different entities, allegations of some of the Digambaras in connection with the Śvetāmbara canonical literature, and their refutations and the non-development of its exegesis at the hands of the Digambaras.