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Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 30. | work record
Label Dhanamitra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 450-512, successor of Dayānanda
Generic Name
  1. Dhanamitra
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Dhanamitra, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Social Class
  1. Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Devadatta, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 470, father of Dhanamitra

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 30. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Dayānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 470, successor of Municandra
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Somadeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 500-525, successor of Dhanamitra

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 456
  2. Wandering (vihāra)
    Indian dates: 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 456
    Location: Mathurā
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 414
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 450-512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 424

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 30. | work record
Roles
  1. Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) of: Somadeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 500-525, successor of Dhanamitra
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Location: Mathurā Mathurā
    Indian dates: 512 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 456
  2. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Dayānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 470, successor of Municandra
  3. Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā): Dayānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 470, successor of Municandra
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Location: Rājagṛha Rājagṛha
    Indian dates: 470 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 414
  4. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Somadeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 500-525, successor of Dhanamitra
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 469

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 30. | work record
    Note: Shyamacharya was the author of Pragyāpanāsutra, the lecturer of Nigod and the great scholar of Dravyānuyoga.
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 222, 31. | work record
Visualisations
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