Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of
Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by
Mahavira
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. He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained ''
Kevala Jnana'' (omniscience). He is believed to be the third and last ''
kevali'' (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition. He is believed to have attained ''
moksha
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'' (liberation) at the age of 84 in
Mathura
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.
Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from a
bandit
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by him. Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE). Shayyambhava composed ''Dasavaikalika sutra'' after studying the fourteen ''purvas'' (pre-canonical texts). He was initiated as a
Jain monk. He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knowledge in 10 lectures in six months after which the latter died.
Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and
Bhadrabahu (322-243 BCE).
See also
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Devardhigani Kshamashraman
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Hemachandra
Hemacandra was a 12th century () Śvetāmbara Jaina acharya, ācārya, scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, wikt:grammarian, grammarian, Law, law theorist, historian, Lexicography, lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and Prosody ...
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Hiravijaya
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