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Amaracandra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 204. | work record
Label Amaracandra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1200, Nāgendragaccha
Generic Name
  1. Amaracandra
Variants
  1. Amara (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 203. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. siṃhaśiśu
  2. samarthavādī

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 204, 888. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Amara, sūri (sūri)
  2. Amaracandra, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 204. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 204. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Nāgendragaccha (Nāgendragaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 204. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Śānti, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1200, Nāgendragaccha
  2. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī): Ānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1200, Nāgendragaccha
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Haribhadra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1260, Nāgendragaccha
  4. Male disciple (śiṣya): Haribhadra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1225, Nāgendragaccha, pupil of Amaracandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1200, Nāgendragaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 204, 816. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 226. | work record
  3. Hultzsch, E. (ed.), (1906), pp 203, 212, line 69-70. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 938. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1150-1200 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1118
  2. Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna)
  3. Text composition (racanā)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 204. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 236. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 236. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Pratiṣṭhāvicāra.
  2. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā) Amaracandra Siddhāntārṇava
  3. Donor (dātā): Jayasiṃha, reigned Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1199, king of Solaṅkī(Gujarat)
    Object: Name (nāma)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 236. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 397. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Amaracandra

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