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Abhayacandra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 199, 761. | work record
Label Abhayacandra, about 8th or 9th century A.D., Digambara, successor of Vikalaṅka (8th or 9th century A.D., Digambara)
Generic Name
  1. Abhayacandra
Honorific or Epithet
  1. siddhāntin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 199. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Abhayacandra, bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 176, 199, 761. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Digambara (Digambara){D}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 176, 199, 761. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 807 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 977 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 750 — 920
  2. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 176, 199, 761. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 761. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Vikalaṅka, ācārya, 8th or 9th century A.D., Digambara, successor of Akalaṅka (Śaka 777)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 176, 199, 761. | work record
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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.