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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 427, 811, 829. | work record
Label Śyāmārya, ācārya, Vīra. 280 - † 376, preceptor of Śāṇḍilya († 409 Vīra), Vācanācārya, founder of Kālikācāryagaccha
Generic Name
  1. Śyāmārya
Variants
  1. Śyāmācārya (Generic Name)
  2. Kālakācārya (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 829. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. vācanācārya
  2. daśapūrvin
  3. kālikācārya
  4. yugapradhāna
  5. nigodavyākhyātā

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 829. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 47, 227, 9. | work record
Title
  1. Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Śyāmārya, ācārya (ācārya)
  2. Kālakācārya, vācanācārya (vācanācārya)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192
  3. Kālakācārya, yugapradhānācārya (yugapradhānācārya)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192
  4. Śyāmārya, sādhu (sādhu)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 829. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 10. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 12. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 829. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Svāti, about 280 Vīra, pupil of Balissaha († 280 Vīra), Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Śāṇḍilya, sūri, † 409 Vīra, Kāśyapagotra, yugapradhāna after Dharma

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 427, 811. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -151
  2. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -247
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192
  4. Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192
  5. Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192 — -151
  6. Text composition (racanā)
  7. Conversion (pratibodha)
  8. Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Indian dates: 300-335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -210
  9. Text composition (racanā)
  10. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 280 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -247 — -151
  11. Text composition (racanā)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 427, 829. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 47, 220, 9, 13. | work record
    Note: Other says 386 Vīr. Sam.
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 13. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 47, 220, 9, 13. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220. | work record
  12. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Prajñāpanā.
  2. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya) of: Svāti, about 280 Vīra, pupil of Balissaha († 280 Vīra), Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192
  3. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Śyāmārya(Kālakācārya) Nigodavyākhyā. [manuscript].
  4. Conversion (pratibodha) of: Śāṇḍilya, sūri, † 409 Vīra, Kāśyapagotra, yugapradhāna after Dharma
    Object: Instruction (upadeśa)
    Event: Conversion (pratibodha)
  5. Author (kartā) of:
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Śyāmārya (Kālakācārya) Nigoda. [manuscript].
  6. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) of: Guṇasundara, 291-335 Vīra, yugapradhāna, successor of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 335 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 376Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -192 — -151
  7. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya): Skandila, ācārya, Vira 306 - † 414 Vīra, Vācanācārya, Vidyādharaśākhā, founder of Ṣāndilyagaccha
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -151
  8. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Skandila, ācārya, Vira 306 - † 414 Vīra, Vācanācārya, Vidyādharaśākhā, founder of Ṣāndilyagaccha
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 414Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -151 — -113

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 829. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, Cat.no. 13. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 11. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 7. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 13. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 12. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 13. | work record
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