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Meghacandra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 177, 199, 685, 729, 788, 795. | work record
Label Meghacandra, muni, † Śaka 1037, Digambara
Generic Name
  1. Meghacandra
Honorific or Epithet
  1. munipa
  2. traividyayogīśvara

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Digambara (Digambara){D}-Mūlasaṃgha (Mūlasaṃgha){ST}-Deśīgaṇa (Deśīsaṃgha){S}-Pustakagaccha (Pustakagaccha){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 497, 529, 607, 621, 685, 792, 825, 853, 921. | work record
Marital Status
  1. Married (vivāhita)
Family Relationships
  1. Father of: Abhayacandrikā, daughter of Meghacandra († Śaka 1037, Digambara)
  2. Father of: Vīranandin, Śaka 1076, Pustakagaccha, Canarese author (Ācārasāra)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 199. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Sakalacandra, about Śaka 1000, Deśīgaṇa
  2. Male teacher (guru) of: Vīranandin, Śaka 1076, Pustakagaccha, Canarese author (Ācārasāra)
  3. Male teacher (guru): Māghanandin, Vakragaccha, about Śaka 950
  4. Chief disciple (agraśiṣya): Prabhācandra , † Śaka 1068, Pustakagaccha, disciple of Meghacandra († Śaka 1037)
  5. Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (sadharma): Śubhakīrti, about Śaka 1020, Digambara, sadharma of Meghacandra († Śaka 1037)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 685, 788. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 668, 685. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 607. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 621, 825. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1037 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta))
    Gregorian dates: 1115
  2. Fast unto death (sallekhanā)
    Indian dates: 1037 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta))
    Gregorian dates: 1115

Sources

  1. Rice, Benjamin Lewis (1889), pp 49 no. 55, 141, Introduction p. 37. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Samādhiśatakaṭīkā. Canarese (kannaḍa).
  2. Lakṣmīmatī, † Śaka 1044, wife of Gaṅga (king, † Śaka 1055)
    Object: Pillar (stambha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 729. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Meghacandra

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