Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s1.211

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Asamitta (Aśvamitra) Fourth of the seven Niṇhavas He established the doctrine of Samuccheya which holds that everything is momentary that is everything perishes every moment Asamitta was grand pupil of Mahāgiri and pupil of Koḍiṇṇa(1) Once while studying the Aṇuppavāda Puvva he came across references like the infernal beings of the present moment will perish the celestial beings of the present moment will perish and so on Similarly the infernal beings as well as the celestial beings of the second moment etc will perish This provoked him to think that everything is momentary that is, it perishes immediately after its origination. This incident took place after 220 years of the death of Titthayara Mahāvīra Later he realised that his doctrine was not flawless and he disowned it. 1 Sth. 587 A aCu I p 422,AvaBh 132 Vis 2890-1 NisBh. 5600 UttN pp 153 162 2. UttN and UttS pp 162 165 AvaC I p 422