Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s1.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s1.1
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c20.s1.1
The earliest reference to the twenty four Tīrthaṅkaras is made in the Samavāya, Kalpasūtra and the Āvashyaka Niryukti.² It is mentioned that Usabha was born in the third age while the remaining twenty three Tīrthaṅkaras, eleven Cakravartins, nine Baladevas, and nine Vāsudevas and Prativāsudevas in the fourth.
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- Kalpasūtra — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Āvassayanijjutti — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- Samavāyaṃga — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit