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Devarddhi-gani: Canon Redaction at Valabhi (Jainpedia)

Jainpedia, Institute of Jainology

Jainpedia's own entry on Devarddhi-gani Kshamashramana, developed by the Institute of Jainology in partnership with the British Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Bodleian Library, the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Asiatic Society, documenting his convening of the Valabhi council 980 or 993 years after Mahavira's death, dated 453 or 466 CE, at which the surviving Svetambara Agamas were progressively collected and written down exactly as they were remembered, whether complete or lacunary.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Jainpedia is a dedicated Jain studies reference built by the Institute of Jainology with major library and museum partners rather than a peer reviewed monograph, tier 1, used here for the council's traditional dating and the specific description of Devarddhi-gani's method of collecting and writing down the surviving Agamas, corroborated by Wikipedia's account below.
Notes
Used for the 453 or 466 CE dating, the Valabhi location, and Devarddhi-gani's method of writing down every surviving passage of the Agamas whether complete or lacunary.
Citation
Publisher
Institute of Jainology (Jainpedia)
URL
https://jainpedia.org/themes/principles/sects/svetambara/devarddhi-gani/
Source Type
encyclopedia
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Bodleian Library, Secular Organizations

This source names Bodleian Library directly: "the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Bodleian Library, the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Asiatic Society, documenting his convening of the Valabhi council 980 or 993 years after Mahavira's death..."

Source Devarddhi-gani: Canon Redaction at Valabhi (Jainpedia)
Valabhi, Cities

This source names Valabhi directly: "documenting his convening of the Valabhi council 980 or 993 years after Mahavira's death, dated 453 or 466 CE, at which the surviving Svetambara Agamas were progressively collected and written down..."

Source Devarddhi-gani: Canon Redaction at Valabhi (Jainpedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Spread Events, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
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