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Puṣpasena

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Label Puṣpasena, muni, about Śaka 780, Digambara, contemporary of Akalaṅka (8th century, Śaka 777)
Generic Name
  1. Puṣpasena
Honorific or Epithet
  1. muninātha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Puṣpasena, muni (muni)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Digambara (Digambara){D}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma): Akalaṅka, sūri, 8th century A.D., Śaka 777, Deśīgaṇa, author of Āptāmīmāṃsāvṛtti, Aṣṭaśatī, etc.

Sources

  1. Rice, Benjamin Lewis (1889), pp 42-43, 136, Introduction p. 45-46. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 177, 591. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 780 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta))
    Gregorian dates: 858

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Dharmaśarmābhyudaya.
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Vimalacandra, Śaka 698, Nandisaṃgha (Bāṇakula)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 516, 591. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 591. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Puṣpasena

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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.