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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 182, 184, 196, 680. | work record
Label Municandra, sūri, † Vi.Saṃ. 1178, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Nemicandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150)
Generic Name
  1. Municandra
Variants
  1. Candrasūri (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 55-56, 40. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. gaṇanātha
  2. tārkikaśiromaṇi
  3. bālabrahmacārin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 456. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 552. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 56, 242, 40, 38. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Municandra, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Bṛhadgaccha (Bṛhadgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 452. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Son of: Ciṃtaka, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1200 father of Municandrasūri
  2. Son of: Moṃghī, śrāvikā, about Vi.Saṃ. 1200 mother of Municandra
  3. Relative : Ānanda, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1231

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 226. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male teacher (guru) of: Deva (vivādin), sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1174, †Vi.Saṃ. 1226, Bṛhadgaccha
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Vinayacandra (or Vinayendu), about Vi.Saṃ. 1280-1350, pupil of Ratnasiṃha (Vi.Saṃ. 1325)
  3. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ): Candraprabha, ācārya, Vi.Saṃ. 1135, founded Vi.Saṃ. 1159 the Paurṇimīyakamata (Pūrṇimāgaccha)
  4. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ): Śānti, about Vi.Saṃ. 1170, Bṛhadgaccha, sūripadasthāpanākṛt of Deva (vivādī, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1174, † Vi.Saṃ. 1226, Bṛhadgaccha)
  5. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ): Mānadeva, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150, Bṛhadgaccha, school-fellow of Municandra († Vi.Saṃ. 1178, Bṛhadgaccha)
  6. Male instructor (vidyāguru): Vinayacandra (or Vinayendu), about Vi.Saṃ. 1280-1350, pupil of Ratnasiṃha (Vi.Saṃ. 1325)
  7. Male disciple (śiṣya): Ajitadeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1137-1200, Tapāgaccha, successor of Municandra († Vi.Saṃ. 1178, Bṛhadgaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  2. Bhandarkar, Shridhar R. (1888), p 191 no. 362. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 55-56, 40. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 366. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 40. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 812. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 812. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 55, 56, 40. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 57, 41. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1121
  2. Education (śikṣā)
  3. Birth (janma)
    Location: Darbhāvatī, Gujarat, India / Dabhoī, Gujarat, India
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 5 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Kārttika (kārttika) 1178Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: — 1121
  5. Initiation (dīkṣā)
  6. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1111
  7. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1174 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1117
  8. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1113
  9. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1171 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1114

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
    Note: Studying nyāyādi six darśana with Śāntisūri.
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 55-56, 40. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 56, 40. | work record
    Note: Took initiation from Yaśobhadrasūri at childhood.
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Aṅgulasattarīprakaraṇam [Aṅgulivicārasaptatikāsūtra] (1104) .
  2. Author (kartā) of: Āvaśyakasaptati [Pākṣikasaptati (or Pramāṇaniṣpanna)].
  3. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Upadeśapadavṛtti (1117) .
    Indian dates: 1174 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1117
  4. Author (kartā) of: Gāthākośa [Gāhākosa].
  5. Author (kartā) of: Caturānartakīnartanasūtra.
  6. Author (kartā) of: Caityavandanalalitavistarāpañjikā [Lalitavistarāṭippaṇaka]. ms. 21/1880-81, cat. 846, p 230, 231
  7. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Devendranarakendraprakaraṇaṭīkā.
    Indian dates: 1168 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1111
  8. Author (kartā) of: Dharmabinduvṛtti.
  9. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Nemicandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150, school-fellow of Yaśobhadra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150)
  10. Author (kartā) of: Paryuṣaṇavicāra.
  11. Author (kartā) of: Municandra Mahīpālacarita. [manuscript].
  12. Author (kartā) of: Yogabinduvṛtti.
  13. Author (kartā) of: Municandra Jainatattvādarśa. [manuscript].
  14. Author (kartā) of: Ratnatrayakulaka.
  15. Corrector (saṃśodhaka) of: Yaśodeva, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1176, Vi.Saṃ. 1180, pupil of Śrīcandra (Vi.Saṃ. 1158) and of Uddyotana (about Vi.Saṃ. 1150) Yaśodeva (1119) Piṇḍaviśuddhivṛtti. [manuscript].
  16. Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādāyaka) of: Ānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1129, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Ajita, predecessor of Nemicandra (Devendra)
    Object: Doctrine (dharma)
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
  17. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Deva (vivādin), sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1174, †Vi.Saṃ. 1226, Bṛhadgaccha
  18. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Municandra Sūṣmārthasārdhaśatakacūrṇi
    Indian dates: 1170 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1113
  19. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Municandra Anekāntajayapatākāvṛtti
    Indian dates: 1171 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1114
  20. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Ajitadeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1137-1200, Tapāgaccha, successor of Municandra († Vi.Saṃ. 1178, Bṛhadgaccha)
  21. Contemporary (samakālīna): Guṇacandra, Tapāgaccha, pupil of Deva (vādin, Vi.Saṃ. 1143-1226)
  22. Contemporary (samakālīna): Devabhadra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1180, Harṣapurīyagaccha, pupil of Śrīcandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1180, Harṣapurīyagaccha)
  23. Donor (dātā): Nemicandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150, school-fellow of Yaśobhadra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150)
    Object: Name (nāma)
  24. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Nemicandra (Devendra), sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1129, pupil of Āmradeva (sūri, pupil of Jinacandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1130)), successor of Ānanda, Bṛhadgaccha, author of Uttarādhyayanavṛtti

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 235. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 256. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 339. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 359. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 380. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 496, 497, 937. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 515, 680. | work record
  10. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 552, 680. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 40. | work record
  12. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 573, 680. | work record
  13. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 664, 680. | work record
  14. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  15. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  16. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  17. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  18. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 40. | work record
    Note: And some others.
  19. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 242, 40. | work record
  20. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  21. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 38. | work record
  22. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 680. | work record
  23. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 57, 41. | work record
  24. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 341. | work record
  25. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 489. | work record
  26. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 552. | work record
  27. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 246, 39, 37. | work record
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