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Śākaṭāyana

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 810. | work record
Label Śākaṭāyana, ācārya, about 814-867 A.D., Yāpanīya, author of Śākaṭāyanavyākaraṇa
Generic Name
  1. Śākaṭāyana
Title
  1. Saṃghādhipati (saṃghādhipati)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 810. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Śākaṭāyana, ācārya (ācārya)

Sources

  1. Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), p 47. | work record
    Note: Klatt's term saṃghādhipati is here synonymous. with ācārya. The full epithet is mahā-śramaṇa-saṃghādhipati.
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}
  2. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Yāpanīya (Yāpanīya){D}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 810. | work record
  2. Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), p 47. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 871 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 924 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 814 — 867

Sources

  1. Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), pp 41, 47. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Śākaṭāyanavyākaraṇa.
  2. Author (kartā) of: Ṣaṭsūtra.

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 810. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 810, 845. | work record
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