Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s1.83

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1. Bhaddabāhu (Bhadrabāhu) One of the two principal diciples of preceptor Jasabhadda(2). He belonged to the Pāiṇa lineage.¹ Four of his disciples who were initiated by him at Rāyagiba, died in a cave of Vebhāragiri mountain near it.² Thuḷabhadda, a disciple of Sambhūivijaya(4) who was the first principal disciple of Jasabhadda had been to Nepāla to learn Diṭṭhivāya from Bhaddabāhu who was engaged in the mahāpāṇa-mahāprāṇa meditation there.³ Bhaddabāhu, however, tought him the fourteen Puvvas (an important portion of Diṭṭhivāya) withholding the meaning of the last four texts for some reason and he was not allowed to teach the last four texts to any one else.⁴ The authorship of Dasā, Kappa(2) and Vavahāra is attributed to Bhaddabāhu.⁵ The *anavasthāpya* and *pārāñcika* expiations disappeared after him.⁶ Siddhasena Kṣamāśramaṇa explained some of his precepts.⁷ He was survived by his four disciples: Godāsa, Aggidatta, Jiṇṇadatta and Somadatta.⁸ See also Thūlabhadda and Diṭṭhivāya.