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Uttara

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 245. | work record
Label Uttara, about 250 Vīra, pupil of Mahāgiri († 245 or 249 Vīra),with Balissaha co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa
Generic Name
  1. Uttara

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. sthavira

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Uttarabalissahagaṇa (Uttarabalissahagaṇa){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 245. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 245. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -277

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
Roles
  1. Co-establisher (sahasthāpaka): Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Uttarabalissahagaṇa (Uttarabalissahagaṇa)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
    Note: Klatt's depiction of Mahāgiri as co-founder rather than Uttara contradicts Jacobi's Kalpasūtra text.
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
  3. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 289. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 46, 227, 8, 9. | work record
    Note: There were four branches of Kośāmbikā, Suptavartikā, Koṭambānī and Candranagarī.
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