18-foot-tall sculpture of Jambuswami at Mathura Chaurasi

Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira.[1][2] He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).[1][3] He is believed to be the third and last kevali (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition.[4] He is believed to have attained moksha (liberation) at the age of 84 in Mathura.[1][3][5]

Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from a bandit by him.[2] Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE).[2] Shayyambhava composed Dasavaikalika sutra after studying the fourteen purvas (pre-canonical texts).[2] He was initiated as a Jain monk.[6] 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.[7]

Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and Bhadrabahu (322-243 BCE).[7]

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  1. 1 2 3 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 39.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 41.
  3. 1 2 Pramansagar 2014, p. 46.
  4. ↑ Kshamasagar 2009, p. 132.
  5. ↑ "Jain Chaurasi Temple in Mathura, Jain Chaurasi Mandir Address". www.mathuraonline.in. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Natubhai Shah 2004, pp. 41–42.
  7. 1 2 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 42.

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