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Vidyāsāgara

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 252, 775, 776. | work record
Label Vidyāsāgara, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1762-1797, Añcalagaccha
Generic Name
  1. Vidyāsāgara
Variants
  1. Vidyodadhi (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 381, 442. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. paṇḍita

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 730, 776. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Vidyāsāgara, gaṇin (gaṇin)
  2. Vidyāsāgara, upādhyāya (upādhyāya)
  3. Vidyāsāgara, sūri (sūri)
    Indian dates: 1762 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1797Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1705 — 1740
  4. Vidyāsāgara, bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)
    Location: Mātara, Gujarāta, Khedā, India / India
    Indian dates: Wednesday (budhavāra) 4 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1762 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1706

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 730. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 776. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 776. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 776. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 127, 66.. | work record
Birth Name (First)
  1. Vidyādhara
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Añcalagaccha (Vidhipakṣagaccha){S}-Candrakula (Cāndrakula){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 252, 776. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Son of: Kamalāde, mother of Vidyāsāgara (born Vi.Saṃ. 1747)
  2. Son of: Karmasiṃha (Karasanā), Osavāla, father of Vidyāsāgara (born Vi.Saṃ. 1747)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 279. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 287. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Jñānasāgara, about Vi.Saṃ. 1760-1800, Añcalagaccha, pupil of Vidyāsāgara (Añcalagaccha, suri Vi.Saṃ. 1762-1797)
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Nityalābha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1770-1800, Añcalagaccha (Vidhipakṣa), pupil of Vidyāsāgara (Añcalagaccha, Vi.Saṃ. 1747-1797)
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Lakṣmīsāgara, about Vi.Saṃ 1760, Añcalagaccha, pupil of Prītisāgara (about Vi.Saṃ. 1740, Añcalagaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 442. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 382, 776. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 730. | work record
Events
  1. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 3 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1747 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1691
    Location: Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa
  2. Sūri inauguration (sūripadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 10 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Śrāvaṇa (śrāvaṇa) 1762 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1706
    Location: Dholaka (probably identical with Dhavalaka)
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1797 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1740
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 2 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1756 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1700
  5. Prohibition of the slaughter of animals (jīva-amāri)
    Location: Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 279, 330. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 127, 66.. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 522, 671. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 127, 66. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 776. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 127, 66.. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 128. | work record
Roles
  1. Scribe (pratilekhaka) of: Lakṣmīsāgara, about Vi.Saṃ 1760, Añcalagaccha, pupil of Prītisāgara (about Vi.Saṃ. 1740, Añcalagaccha) Jinamāṇikya Kūrmāputrakathā. [manuscript] Copied by Mūjā. .
  2. Inspirer (preraka) of: Goḍa (Mahārāva), about Vi.Saṃ. 1775, heading the state of Kaccha
    Object: Prohibition of the slaughter of animals (jīva-amāri)
    Event: Prohibition of the slaughter of animals (jīva-amāri)
    Location: Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa Khīrasarābandara, Kacchadeśa
  3. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Udayasāgara, gaccheśa Vi.Saṃ. 1797-1826, Añcalagaccha (Vidhipakṣa), Upakeśagaccha
  4. Intended reader (paṭhanārthī): Lakṣmīsāgara, about Vi.Saṃ 1760, Añcalagaccha, pupil of Prītisāgara (about Vi.Saṃ. 1740, Añcalagaccha)
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Work: Jinamāṇikya Kūrmāputrakathā. [manuscript] Copied by Mūjā. .
  5. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Amarasāgara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1694-1762, Añcalagaccha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 730, 776. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 127, 66.. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 252. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 730, 776. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 776. | work record
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