Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s9.6

c5.s9.6

Simultaneously, another council was summoned at Valabhī under the presidentship of Nāgārjuna Sūri in which the Canons were fixed and what was forgotten was compiled after careful edition⁵ This fact is corroborated by the statement in the *Jyotiṣkaraṇḍaka Ṭīkā* (p. 41) where it is stated that in the time of Skandila there was a terrible famine when the Jain monks had to discontinue their studies. Later on, at the end of the famine, one *Saṅgha* met at in Valabhī and another at Mathurā. According to Malayagiri, the author of the *Jyotiṣkaraṇḍaka Ṭīkā*, *Anuyogadvāra* and other Canons are based on the Māthurī version, whereas the *Jyotiṣkaraṇḍa* on the Valabhī. This is known as Valabhī version (*vācanā*) of the Canons.⁶