Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s13.t1.5

c5.s13.t1.5

When we study the contents of the *Nijjutis* we notice that they refer to the later traditions. For instance, the *Uttarādhyayana Niryukti*⁴³ refers to the story of the Bhadrabāhu's four disciples, and Śakaṭāla and Sthūlabhadra, and the *Āvasyaka Niryukti*⁴⁴ to Bhadragupta, Ārya Simhagiri, Vajraswāmin, Tosaliputrācārya, Ārya Rakṣita, Phalgurakṣita and others, who were the successors of Bhadrabāhu. We also find a reference here to the origin of the Digambaras and the seven schisms in the Jain Church which undoubtedly represents the tradition much later than Bhadrabāhu, the author of the *Cheda Sūtras*.⁴⁵