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Mahimāprabha

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Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
Label Mahimāprabha, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1730, Ḍhanḍheriyaśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha
Generic Name
  1. Mahimāprabha
Honorific or Epithet
  1. gaccharāja

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1988), p 172. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Mahimāprabha, sūri (sūri)
    Indian dates: 1731 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1674

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
Birth Name (First)
  1. Megharāja
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Pūrṇimāgaccha (Pūrṇimāpakṣa){S}-Pradhānaśākhā / Ḍhanḍheriyāśākhā (Pradhānaśākhā / Ḍhanḍheriyāśākhā){SB}

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Shah, Velā, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1685, Poravāḍa, father of Mahimāprabha, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1730, Ḍhanḍheriyaśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha
  2. Mother: Amarā, śrāvikā, about Vi.Saṃ. 1685, mother of Mahimāprabha, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1730, Ḍhanḍheriyaśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Bhāvaprabha, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1740, Ḍhanḍheriyaśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1988), p 165. | work record
Events
  1. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Āśvina (āśvina) 1711 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1655
    Location: Golā / Gujarat, India
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 1719 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1663
  3. Sūri inauguration (sūripadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1731 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1674
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 9 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1772 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1716

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 181, 61.. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1988), p 171. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Vinayaprabha, muni, before Mahimāprabha, Pūrṇimāgaccha
    Object: Paṭṭāvalī (Paṭṭāvalī)
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Bhāvaprabha, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1740, Ḍhanḍheriyaśākhā, Pūrṇimāgaccha
    Object: Paṭṭāvalī (Paṭṭāvalī)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1988), p 170. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1988), p 178. | work record
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