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Ajitasena

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 187. | work record
Label Ajitasena, about Śaka 1020, Digambara, preceptor of Malliṣeṇa († Śaka 1050, Digambara), successor of Guṇasena (Śaka 1000)
Generic Name
  1. Ajitasena
Honorific or Epithet
  1. vratipati
  2. paṇḍitadeva
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Ajitasena, gaṇabhṛt (gaṇabhṛt)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 187. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Digambara (Digambara){D}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 187. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male teacher (guru) of: Malliṣeṇa, † Śaka 1050, Digambara
  2. Male teacher (guru) of: Padmanābha, muni, about Śaka 1040, śiṣya of Ajitasena (about Śaka 1020, Digambara)
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Śāntinātha (Kavitākānta), muni, about Śaka 1050, śiṣya of Ajitasena (about Śaka 1020, Digambara)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 187. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 566. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 814. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1020 Śaka calendar (north India) (śakasaṃvat (paurṇimānta))
    Gregorian dates: 1098

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 187. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Guṇasena, about Śaka 1000, Digambara, successor of Śāntideva (about Śaka 960), predecessor of Ajitasena (c. Śaka 1020)
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Guṇasena, about Śaka 1000, Digambara, successor of Śāntideva (about Śaka 960), predecessor of Ajitasena (c. Śaka 1020)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 187, 345. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 187, 345. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Ajitasena

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