Bhadrabahu was a Jain saint. He was spiritual teacher of Chandragupta Maurya. He is considered author of Upsargar Stotra and Kalpasutra. His brother Varahmihira, was a known vedic scholar of his times. JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ... Chandragupta Maurya (ruled 322–298 BC), also known as Sandrokottos to the Greeks, was the founder of the first the Mauryan Empire. ... Harinegamesin Takes the Embryo of Mahavira from Devananda and Brings it to Queen Trisala, Folio from a Kalpasutra (Book of Sacred Precepts) Date circa 1450, from Collection of LACMA. Kalpasutra is a Jain ancient text book containing the life and history of the Jain Tirthankars. ... The adjective Vedic may refer to The Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan texts. ...
Bhadrabhau is considered to be last expert of 14 Poorvas, of 12th Anga called as Dristivaad, one of the scriptures of Jainism. Of these, 10 Poorva were passed on to Sthulibhadra, his chief disciple. Bhadrabahu went to Nepal for twelve years for doing the "Mahaprana Sadhana" a tantric exercise. Earliest reference to Angas occurs in Atharava Veda (V.22. ... Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. ...
Since there have been other Jain acharyas with the name Bhadrabahu, he is sometimes referred to as Bhadrabahu I. Bhadrabahu was born at Pundravardhan, now in Bangladesh.
While there Bhadrabahu was able to perceive through is nimitta jnan (subtle cognition of causes and effects) that there would occur a 12-year famine across North India.
Bhadrabahu taught Sthulabhadra, but forbade him to teach the Purvaa to others upon witnessing a demonstration by Sthulabhadra of certain extra corporal powers, which indicated that with time these sacred scriptures would become corrupted.
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