Why did the Digambara sect reject the results of the Pataliputra council?

They were in South India during the famine and claimed that the authentic scriptures had already been lost, refusing to accept the 12 Angas compiled by Sthulabhadra.

Jain History

UPSC Archival Analysis

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2021

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ID: HIS_ANC_2021_211 Ref: Standard Educational Reference

In which of the following places was the first Jain Council held?

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The First Jain Council was held in Pataliputra (modern Patna) around 300 BCE, under the leadership of Sthulabhadra.