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Devakumāra

Person Record
Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 212, 72.. | work record
Label Devakumāra, muni, about Vi.Saṃ. 1560, predecessor of Karmasāgara, Upakeśagaccha
Generic Name
  1. Devakumāra
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Devakumāra, muni (muni)
  2. Devakumāra, upādhyāya (upādhyāya)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 212. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 249, 250. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Upakeśagaccha (Ūkeśagaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 212. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1504

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 212. | work record
Roles
  1. Contemporary (samakālīna) of: Siddha, Upakeśagaccha, Vi.Saṃ. 1565-1595
    Object: Upakeśagaccha (Upakeśagaccha)
  2. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Karmasāgara, muni, Upkeśagaccha, predecessor of Devakallola
    Object: Paṭṭāvalī (Paṭṭāvalī)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 212. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1986), p 250. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Devakumāra

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