A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s3.6

v2.c20.s3.6

Bhadrabāhu, who is said to have died 170 years after the death of Mahāvīra, has already been introduced to us above, as the author of a Kalpa-Sūtra, and tradition is unanimous in naming him as the author of Nijjuttis on 10 works of the Canon.² The Digambaras tell us, however, that there were two Bhadrabāhus, the first of whom died 162 years after the Nirvāṇa of Mahāvīra (*i.e.*, 365 B.C.) and the second 515 years after the Nirvāṇa (*i.e.*, 12 B.C.).³