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स्वः मोहनलाल बाठिया स्मृति ग्रन्थ
only Ācārya Dharasena had the knowledge of some of the Angas and Pūrvas. At that time he was engaged in deep meditation in the Candra cave of the Girnar mountain range in Saurāştra. One day he thought that whatever knowledge of the Agamas he had, it should be imparted to some worthy persons to save it from getting lost. At that time a convention was held at Mahimānagari, where many monks had gathered. Acarya Dharasena sent a message to them and expressed his desire to impart the knowledge of the Agamas to worthy scholars.
The monks taking part in the convention realized the importance of the message sent by Acārya Dharasena and sent two worthy monks, Puspadanta and Bhutabali to meet him. Dharasena first put the two to test and when they passed the test, a delighted Dharasena, imparted the knowledge of the Agamas to both of them.
These two monks later authored the Satkhandagama. It is believed that Puspadanta wrote 177 Sūtras of the first chapter and Bhutabali completed the remaining chapter and also wrote from second to sixth chapter comprising 32853 Sutras..
In the Dhavala commentary on 'Satkhandāgama' it is mentioned that the actual author of the text in Lord Mahavira who imparted it to Shri Gautama Ganadhara, his first prime disciple, who later revealed it to his disciples. Finally it was Puspandanta and Bhutabali who manuscripted it.
The entire Jaina congregation rejoiced on the day when Şaškhandagama was completed. It was a Thursday, the 5th day of the bright half of the Jyeşța month of the Hindu almanac. The entire Sangh worshipped the text and to this day it is celebrated as Śruta Panchami and on this
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