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Chajamala

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Sumana Kumāra, Muni (1982). | work record
Label Chajamala, ācārya, about Vi.Saṃ. 1890, † Vi.Saṃ. 1903, pupil of Khuśālarāya (Vi.Saṃ. 1870, Ḍhuṇḍhaka)
Generic Name
  1. Chajamala

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 146, 9. | work record
Variants
  1. Chajjamala (Generic Name)
  2. Chajamalajī (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Śrīsāra, Muni (1630). | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 146, 9. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. ācārya (ācārya)

Sources

  1. Sumana Kumāra, Muni (1982). | work record
Birth Name (Family)
  1. Kumhāra
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Occupation
  1. Potter (kumhāra)
Family Name
  1. Kumhāra
Social Class
  1. Harijana (Harijana)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Amūrtipūjaka (Amūrtipūjaka){ST}-Ḍhuṇḍhakamata (Ḍhuṇḍhiā){SSB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 331, 383. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Rāmalāla, about Vi.Saṃ. 1900, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata, pupil of Chajamala († Vi.Saṃ. 1903, Ḍhuṇḍhakamata)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 719. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1846
    Location: Sunāma / Sunāma, Dādābāṛī, Pañjāba, India
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1903 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1846
    Location: Bhadauṛa / Bhadauṛa, Pañjāba, India

Sources

  1. Sumana Kumāra, Muni (1982). | work record
  2. Śarmā, Vinoda (2009), p 55. | work record
Roles
  1. Preceptor of an initiate (dīkṣāguru) of: Mūlāṁmahāsatī
    Gregorian dates: 1840

Sources

  1. Sumana Kumāra, Muni (1982). | work record
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