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Candragupta

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 364, 606. | work record
Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 7. | work record
Label Candragupta, Maurya king, reigned Vira.216, contemporary of Bhadrabāhu (niryuktikāra), his monastic name Prabhācandra
Generic Name
  1. Candragupta
Variants
  1. Candragupti (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Prabhācandra, muni (muni)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 364, 606. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Occupation Social Position
  1. King / Ruler (rāja)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Lineage
  1. Maurya (Maurya)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Son: Bindusāra, Maurya king, about 297-268 B.C., father of Aśoka (about 268-232 B.C.)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 623. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Bhadrabāhu, ācārya 133-162 Vīra, śrutakevalin, niryuktikāra, disciple and (co-) successor of Yaśobhadra ( † Vīra 148), yugapradhāna, vācanācārya

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
Events
  1. Wandering (vihāra)
    Location: Puṇyanagara
  2. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 369 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 312
  3. Reign (rājya)
    Indian dates: 115 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 164Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -412 — -363
  4. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  5. Reign (rājya)
    Indian dates: 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -312
    Location: Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  6. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -312
    Location: Pāṭaliputra

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 252, 253, line 26. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 252. | work record
Roles
  1. King (nṛpati) of:
    Event: Reign (rājya)
    Location: Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
    Indian dates: 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -312
  2. Killed person (hata) of: Nanda (ninth) † 215 Vīra, Nanda dynasty
    Indian dates: 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -312
  3. Donor (dātā) of:
    Object: Jina image (jinabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Location: Ghaṃghāṇī Tirtha, Rājasthāna, India Ghaṃghāṇī Tirtha, Rājasthāna, India
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357
  4. Attendee (upasthita) of: Śāntisena, muni, about Śaka. 572, Digambara
    Event: Fast unto death (samādhimaraṇa) H.M.Nayak (1973) Epigraphia Carnatika. [inscription]Mysore, India.
    Location: Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
  5. Contemporary (samakālīna): Bhadrabāhu, ācārya 133-162 Vīra, śrutakevalin, niryuktikāra, disciple and (co-) successor of Yaśobhadra ( † Vīra 148), yugapradhāna, vācanācārya
  6. Counsellor (salāhakāra): Cāṇakya, mantrī, about 210 Vira, advisor of Candragupta Maurya
    Location: Pāṭaliputra Pāṭaliputra
    Indian dates: 215 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -312
  7. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Bindusāra, Maurya king, about 297-268 B.C., father of Aśoka (about 268-232 B.C.)
    Location: Magadha Magadha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 252, line 7. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 7. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 316, work.no. 1284. | work record
  4. H.M.Nayak (1973), p 13, Cat.no.34, line no.1. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 252, line 18. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254, line 7. | work record
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