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Megharāja

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Label Megharāja, vācaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1670, Añcalagaccha
Generic Name
  1. Megharāja

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, cat. no. 674. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Megharāja, vācaka (vācaka)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, 674. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Añcalagaccha (Añcalagaṇa){S}

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, 674. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Bhānulabdhi, upāddhyāya, about Vi.Saṃ. 1650, Añcalagaccha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, 674. | work record
Events
  1. Text composition (racanā)
  2. Text composition (racanā)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, Cat. no. 1521. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, Cat. no. 1520. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Megharāja Sattarabhedīpūjā. [manuscript].
  2. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Megharāja Ṛṣabhajanma. [manuscript].
  3. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Megharāja Jñātāsūtra 19th adhyayana para Bhāsa. [manuscript] Copied by Sahajalakṣmī. .
  4. Contemporary (samakālīna) of: Rājacandra, Vi.Saṃ. 1626-1669, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, cat. no. 1520. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 165, cat. no. 1521. | work record
  3. Vijayaśrī, Sādhvī "Āryā" (2007), p 459. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 7, cat. no. 1360. | work record
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