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Mahīsāgara

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), pp 127,128, cat.no.136. | work record
Label Mahīsāgara, Vi.Saṃ. 1569, scribe (Mahāniśītha and Vimalacandraʼs Praśnottararatnamālā)
Generic Name
  1. Mahīsāgara
Honorific or Epithet
  1. paṇḍita
  2. munivara

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Mahīsāgara, muni (muni)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), pp 127,128, cat.no.136. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1569 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1512
  2. Manuscript copying (pratilekhana)
    Indian dates: 5 Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1509
    Location: Devāsa, Mālava / Devāsa, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālava, India

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), p 128, cat. no. 136. | work record
Roles
  1. Scribe (pratilekhaka) of: Unknown Mahāniśītha. [manuscript].
    Indian dates: 1569 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1512
  2. Scribe (pratilekhaka) of: Praśnottararatnamālā [Praśnottararatnamālikā].
  3. Scribe (pratilekhaka) of: Nāndā, śrāvaka, Vi.Saṃ.1566, son of Bhojā
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Manuscript copying (pratilekhana) Unknown Upāsakadaśāṅgasūtra. [manuscript] Copied by Mahīsāgara. . ms. 416/1882-83, cat. 136, p 127, 128
    Location: Devāsa, Mālava / Devāsa, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālava, India Devāsa, Mālava / Devāsa, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālava, India
    Indian dates: 5 Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1509
  4. Donor (dātā): Nāndā, śrāvaka, Vi.Saṃ.1566, son of Bhojā
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Work: Unknown Upāsakadaśāṅgasūtra. [manuscript] Copied by Mahīsāgara. . ms. 416/1882-83, cat. 136, p 127, 128
    Location: Devāsa, Mālava / Devāsa, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālava, India Devāsa, Mālava / Devāsa, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālava, India
    Indian dates: 5 Bhādrapada (bhādrapada) 1566 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1509

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 665. | work record
  3. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 128, cat.no.136. | work record
  4. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 128, cat. no 136. | work record
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