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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 452, 921. | work record
Label Somaprabha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1270, Bṛhadgaccha, predecessor of Jagaccandra (Vi.Saṃ. 1285, founder of the Tapāgaṇa)
Generic Name
  1. Somaprabha
Honorific or Epithet
  1. bṛhadgacchamaṇḍana
  2. śatārthin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 921. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Somaprabha, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 921. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Caste
  1. Prāgvāṭa (Poravāḍa)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 41. | work record
Social Class
  1. Vaiśya (Vaiśya)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 41. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Bṛhadgaccha (Bṛhadgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 452, 921. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Paternal grandfather : Jinadeva, śrāvaka, grandfather of Somaprabhasūri, Poravāḍa
  2. Father: Sravadeva, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1250 father of Somaprabhasūri, Poravāḍa

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male teacher (guru): Vijayasiṃha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1143-1250, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Ajitadeva (about Vi.Saṃ. 1200)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 771. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1270 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1213
  2. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1238 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 711
  3. Pilgrimage (yātrā)
    Indian dates: 1284 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 757
    Location: Śatruṃjaya
  4. Four months rains retreat (cāturmāsa)
    Indian dates: 1284 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1228
    Location: Aṃkevāliyāgāma, India
  5. Text composition (racanā)
  6. Text composition (racanā)
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1284 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1228
    Location: Aṃkevāliyāgāma, India
  8. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1199-1232 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1158
  9. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1233-1235 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1177
  10. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1241 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1184

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 452, 921. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
    Note: Death doing cāturmāsa.
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
    Note: Death doing cāturmāsa in Aṃkevāliyā.
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 246-47, 41. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 246-47, 41. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 246-47, 41. | work record
Roles
  1. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Jagaccandra, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1285, Caitragaccha, founder of the Tapāgaccha
  2. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Somaprabha Sindūraprakara [Sindhuraprakaraṇa (or Subhāṣita)]. [manuscript].
  3. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Śṛṅgāravairāgyataraṅgiṇī.
  4. Author (kartā) of: Somaprabha Sūktamuktāvalī. [manuscript].
  5. Contemporary (samakālīna) of: Maṇiratna (or Muniratna), about Vi.Saṃ. 1270, predecessor of Jagaccandra (Vi.Saṃ. 1285, founder of the Tapāgaṇa)
  6. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Somaprabha Sumatināhacariya. [manuscript]Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India. .
    Indian dates: 1199-1232 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1158
  7. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Somaprabha Śatārthakāvya. [manuscript].
    Indian dates: 1233-1235 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1177
  8. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Somaprabha (1184) Kumārapālapaḍiboho. [manuscript]Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India. .
    Indian dates: 1241 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1184
  9. Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) of:
    Object: Mātr̥kācaturvimśatipaṭṭa
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1238 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 711
  10. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Vijayasiṃha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1143-1250, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Ajitadeva (about Vi.Saṃ. 1200)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 452, 921. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 893, 921. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 827, 921. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 893. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 921. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 41. | work record
  12. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  13. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 246-47, 41. | work record
  14. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
  15. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 246-47, 41. | work record
  16. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 58, 43. | work record
    Note: This is worshiped today in Śankheśvara.
  17. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 771. | work record
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