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Balissaha

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 212, 620. | work record
Label Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
Generic Name
  1. Balissaha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 46, 226-227, 8. | work record
Variants
  1. Arhadbali (Generic Name)
  2. Ballisaha (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Śrīsāra, Muni (1630). | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 226-227. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. vācanācārya
  2. daśapūrvin
  3. sthavira

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 226, 9. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Balissaha, sūri (sūri)
  2. Balissaha, gaṇācārya (gaṇācārya)
    Indian dates: 245 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -282
  3. Balissaha, vācanācārya (vācanācārya)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 212, 620. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227. | work record
    Note: Balissaha succeeded Ārya Mahāgiri After his death.
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227. | work record
Monastic Seniority
  1. Living in a group like a sthavira (sthavirakalpika)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Lineage
  1. Kauśika (Kauśika)
Clan
  1. Brahmāṇa (Brahmāṇa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Uttarabalissahagaṇa (Uttarabalissahagaṇa){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 212, 620. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Twin brother of: Bahula, about 250 Vīra, pupil of Mahāgiri († 245 or 249 Vīra)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (antevāsin) of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin
  2. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ): Bahula, about 250 Vīra, pupil of Mahāgiri († 245 or 249 Vīra)
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Svāti, about 280 Vīra, pupil of Balissaha († 280 Vīra), Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 46, 226, 8, 9. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 262, 450. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 47, 227, 9, 10. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -198
  2. Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 245 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -282
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 273
  4. Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 226-27. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 9. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 226. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
Roles
  1. Co-establisher (sahasthāpaka) of: Uttara, about 250 Vīra, pupil of Mahāgiri († 245 or 249 Vīra),with Balissaha co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa
    Object: Uttarabalissahagaṇa (Uttarabalissahagaṇa)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order branch (śākhāsthāpanā)
  2. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya) of: Suhastin, † 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra († 215 or 219 Vīra), yugapradhāna after Sthūlabhadra and before Susthita and Supratibhuddha, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
  3. Consecrator of a vācanācārya (vācanācāryapadakṛt): Suhastin, † 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra († 215 or 219 Vīra), yugapradhāna after Sthūlabhadra and before Susthita and Supratibhuddha, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -198
  4. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya): Svāti, about 280 Vīra, pupil of Balissaha († 280 Vīra), Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 329 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 273

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
    Note: Klatt's depiction of Mahāgiri as co-founder rather than Uttara contradicts Jacobi's Kalpasūtra text.
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
  3. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 289. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 46, 227, 8, 9. | work record
    Note: There were four branches of Kośāmbikā, Suptavartikā, Koṭambānī and Candranagarī.
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 9. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 9. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 10. | work record
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