While Bhadrabahu was away, the monks staying in the North realised that the sacred scriptures were being forgotten. A monk named Sthulabhadra convened a council to recompile the ________ scriptures.

The Purvas were the ancient lost scriptures of Jainism that Sthulabhadra helped preserve through a council in Mathura. When Bhadrabahu was in South India, Northern monks realized these sacred texts were being forgotten, so they convened to recompile them. This was a critical moment in Jain religious history to prevent the loss of foundational teachings.