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Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
Label Āmacandra, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1375, Prāgvāṭa
Generic Name
  1. Āmacandra
Honorific or Epithet
  1. śreṣṭhin
Religious Status
  1. Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Prāgvāṭa
Caste
  1. Prāgvāṭa (Prāgvāṭa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}
Marital Status
  1. Married (vivāhita)
Family Relationships
  1. Husband of: Ratnādevī, śrāvikā, about Vi.Saṃ. 1375, Prāgvāṭā
  2. Father of: Sahajā, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1375, Prāgvāṭa

Sources

  1. Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
  2. Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1318

Sources

  1. Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
Roles
  1. Donor (dātā) of:
    Object: Jina image (Śāntināthabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1318
  2. Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā): Hemaprabha, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1375
    Object: Jina image (Śāntināthabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1375 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1318

Sources

  1. Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
  2. Nahar, Puran Chand (Pūraṇa Canda Nāhara) (1918), p 22, 91. | work record
Visualisations
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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.