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Nāgendra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 242. | work record
Label Nāgendra, Vīra 573-689, founder of the Nāgendrakula, son of Jinadatta (śreṣṭhin, at the time of Vajrasena († 620 Vīra))
Generic Name
  1. Nāgendra
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Nāgendragaccha (Nāgendrakula){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 407. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Mother: Īśvarī, wife of Jinadatta (śreṣṭhin, at the time of Vajrasena († 620 Vīra))
  2. Younger brother : Candra, sūri, about Vīra 600-650, founder of the Candrakula, son of Jinadatta (śreṣṭhin, at the time of Vajrasena († 620 Vīra))
  3. Father: Jinadatta, śreṣṭhin, at the time of Vajrasena († 620 Vīra)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 242. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 242, 407. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Revatīmitra, Vi.Saṃ. 219-278, yugapradhāna, successor of Nāgahastin (Vi.Saṃ. 150-219 = Vīra 620-689, yugapradhāna)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 23. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 600-650 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 98
  2. Consecration (abhiṣeka)
    Indian dates: 600 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 73
  3. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 573 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 46
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 592-593 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 65
  5. Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 689Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 93 — 162
  6. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 689 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 162
  7. Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Indian dates: 592-689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 584
  8. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 573 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 689Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 517 — 162

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 407. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 691. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230. | work record
Roles
  1. Establisher (sthāpaka) of:
    Object: Nāgendrakula (Nāgendrakula)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Indian dates: 592-689 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 584
  2. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) of: Vajrasena, ārya, † 620 Vīra, Utkṛṣṭagotra, disciple and successor of Vajra, predecessor of Candra (sūri 620-627 Vīra)
    Object: Yugapradhānapada (yugapradhānapada)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 620 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 689Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 93 — 162
  3. Preceptor (guru): Vajrasena, ārya, † 620 Vīra, Utkṛṣṭagotra, disciple and successor of Vajra, predecessor of Candra (sūri 620-627 Vīra)
    Indian dates: 600 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 73
  4. Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣāpradātā): Yakṣadeva, sūri, about 585 Vīra, Upakeśagaccha
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 600 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 73
  5. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Revatīmitra, Vi.Saṃ. 219-278, yugapradhāna, successor of Nāgahastin (Vi.Saṃ. 150-219 = Vīra 620-689, yugapradhāna)
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 689 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 748Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 162 — 221

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 407. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 22. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 242, 407, 691. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 691. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 23. | work record
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