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Maṇḍita

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Label Maṇḍita (or Maṇḍika), gaṇadhara, contemporary of Mahāvīra (Tīrthaṃkara)
Generic Name
  1. Maṇḍita
Variants
  1. Maṇḍika (Generic Name)
  2. Maṇḍya (Generic Name)
  3. Maṇḍiṭa (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 286 n. 1. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. sthavira

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 77. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Maṇḍita, gaṇadhara (gaṇadhara)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Clan
  1. Vāsiṣṭha (Vāsiṣṭha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Social Class
  1. Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Dhanadeva, father of Maṇḍita (or Maṇḍika, gaṇadhara, contemporary of Mahāvīra (Tīrthaṃkara))
  2. Mother: Vijayadevī, mother of Maṇḍita (or Maṇḍika, gaṇadhara, contemporary of Mahāvīra (Tīrthaṃkara))

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Mahāvīra (Vardhamāna, Vīra), 599-527 BC († 0 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ.-470), Tīrthaṃkara

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 650. | work record
Visualisations
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