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CHAPTER
FOUR
PREDECESSORS OF DHANAP膧LA
1 2
In the introductory verses of the TM, Dhanap膩la
has referred to nineteen literary personages in all.
Most of them are poets, but a few of them are referred
to due to the poet's deep regard for them as being the
luminaries in the scholarly tradition of Jainism. We
will consider in detail each of the 械 pred械ce-
ssors mentioned by him in his own order and see whether
his order is chronological or otherwise.
(1) INDRABH弄TI GANADHARA : Gautama Indrabh奴ti
was the first disciple of the last Jain Tirtha峁僰ara
Mah膩v墨ra. After instructing NEE Gautama, Mah膩vira
3 set off on his preaching tours in real earnestness. The
Jain tradition rejects the theory that Gautama Indrabh奴ti
revolted against Jainism and became the founder of
Buddhism The Svetambara tradition relates the following
story of the conversion of this earliest and the great-
est disciple of Mah膩v墨ra. Once when Mah膩v墨ra went to the
1.TM(N).Intro.vss. 19-36.
2. They are Indrabh奴ti, V膩lmiki, Vy膩sa, Gu峁嚹乨hya, Prava-
rasena, P膩dalipt膩c膩rya, Jivadevas奴ri, K膩lid膩sa, B膩峁嘺,
Bh膩ravi, Magha, Haribhadras奴ri, Bhavabh奴ti, V膩kpati-
r膩ja, Bhadrak墨rti, Y膩y膩vara, Mahendras奴ri, Rudra and
碍补谤诲补尘补谤腻箩补.
3.HJ.p.40..
4.ibid.p.50.