Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.
Click on a person name to view the event's corresponding Person Record. You can change the order of events by clicking on the column headings (Event Type, Person etc).
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Dates are given using the Indian calendar. Gregorian dates are presented in brackets, e.g. [1990].
| Place | Person | Event Type | Institution | Start Date | End Date |
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| Usabhapura | Tiṣyagupta, Vīra saṃvat 16, creator of the 2. or Prādeśika nihnava (doctrine of the spatially restricted location of the soul) | Heresy (nihnava) |
16 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
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| Jamāli, sādhu, Vīra 14, son-in-law of Mahāvīra (Tīrthaṅkara), creator of the 1. or Bahurata nihnava (doctrine of completion of actions across multiple moments of time) | Heresy (nihnava) |
14 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
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| Rājagṛha | Indrabhūti (Gautama), gaṇadhara, † 12 Vīra, first disciple of Mahāvīra | Death (mahāprayāṇa) |
12 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
[-515] |
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| Sudharman, gaṇadhara, † 20 Vīra, successor of Mahāvīra and predecessor of Jambū, kevalin | Ācārya inauguration (ācāryapadasthāpanā) |
12 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
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Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.
The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.