Wikipedia's article on Devardhigani Kshamashraman, a fifth century Svetambara Jain ascetic and author of several Prakrit texts who died in 473 CE, documenting his role guiding the second council of Valabhi, dated here to 453 CE, at which he sat with the surviving shramans, listened to and memorized the canonical texts they still held, and had them scripted systematically for the first time. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A community edited general reference, tier 3, used here as independent corroboration of the 453 CE date and Devarddhi-gani's role writing down the Svetambara canon at Valabhi, alongside Jainpedia's own account above. NotesUsed for independent corroboration of the 453 CE date and Devarddhi-gani's role systematically writing down the Svetambara canon at Valabhi already recorded here.
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