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Jinacandra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 179, 405. | work record
Label Jinacandra, paṭṭadhara Vi.Saṃ. 1507-1571, Sarasvatīgaccha, predecessor of Prabhācandra (paṭṭadhara Vi.Saṃ 1571-1581)
Generic Name
  1. Jinacandra
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Jinacandra, paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)
    Indian dates: 1507 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1571Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1450 — 1514

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 405. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Caste
  1. Agaravāla (Agaravāla)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Digambara (Digambara){D}-Mūlasaṃgha (Mūlasaṃgha){ST}-Nandigaṇa (Nandisaṃgha){S}-Balātkāragaṇa (Sarasvatīgaccha){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 405. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male teacher (guru) of: Medhāvin, Vi.Saṃ. 1516, pupil of Jinacandra (Sarasvatīgaccha, paṭṭadhara Vi.Saṃ. 1507-1571)
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Ratnakīrti, Vi.Saṃ. 1549, Sarasvatīgaccha, pupil of Jinacandra (paṭṭadhara VS 1507-1571, Sarasvatīgaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 405, 687. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 702. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1507 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1571Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1450 — 1514

Sources

  1. Hoernle, A. F. Rudolph (1892), p 83 no. 86. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Prabhācandra, paṭṭadhara Vi.Saṃ 1571-1581, Sarasvatīgaccha, successor of Jinacandra (paṭṭadhara Vi.Saṃ. 1507-1571, Sarasvatīgaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 607. | work record
Visualisations
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