You are here: Home > Person Record

Govinda

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 352. | work record
Label Govinda, † 877 Vīra, yugapradhāna, Vācanācārya, successor of Nāgārjuna
Generic Name
  1. Govinda
Honorific or Epithet
  1. āgamajñātā

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 228, 21. | work record
Title
  1. Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Govinda, vācanācārya (vācanācārya)
  2. govinda, ācārya (ācārya)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 228, 21. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 228, 21. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 352. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 877 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 350

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 352. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Nāgārjuna, Vi.Saṃ. 356-434, yugapradhāna, predecessor of Bhūtadinna († Vi.Saṃ. 513), vācanācārya
  2. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Bhūtadinna, Vīra 864-† 983 Vīra, yugapradhāna, vācanācārya, successor of Govinda
  3. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Bhūtadinna, Vīra 864-† 983 Vīra, yugapradhāna, vācanācārya, successor of Govinda

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 644. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Govinda

SOAS University of London

Jaina Prosopography Database is a project at SOAS University of London. It is directed by Peter Flügel in collaboration with Kornelius Krümpelmann.

The project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust with Research Project Grant 2016-454.

The Leverhulme Trust

Partners

Copyright and Data

The Jaina Prosopography Database is publicly available and free at the point of access. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, provided this publication is acknowledged.

Banner Image

Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.