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Megha

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Label Megha, muni, about Vi.Saṃ. 1650, guru of Mana, Lauṃkāgaccha(Bhāgacandaparaṃparā)
Generic Name
  1. Megha

Sources

  1. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
Variants
  1. Meghajī (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. ṛṣi
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Megha, muni (muni)

Sources

  1. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Amūrtipūjaka (Amūrtipūjaka){ST}-Lauṃkāgaccha (Lauṃkāgaccha){S}-Bhāgacanda{IG}

Sources

  1. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Greatgrandson disciple (prapautraśiṣya): Śrīcanda, muni, śiṣya of Padamasī, Vi.Saṃ. 1778-1779 scribe (Dhannāśālibhadracopāī of Unknown) Lauṃkāgaccha(Bhāgacandaparampara)
  2. Grandson disciple (pautraśiṣya): Padamasī, muni, about Vi.Saṃ. 1778, śiṣya of Mana, guru of Śrīcanda, Lauṃkāgaccha (Bhāgacandaparaṃparā)

Sources

  1. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
  2. Jha, Sanjayakumara, R. & Jain Navīna (ed.), (2012), p 446. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Megha

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