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Vaira

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 800. | work record
Label Vaira, about Vi.Saṃ. 1210, Rājagaccha, pupil of Bharateśvara (about Vi.Saṃ. 1190, Rājagaccha)
Generic Name
  1. Vaira

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 3. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. svāmin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 800. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Candragaccha (Candragaccha){S}-Rājagaccha (Rājagaccha){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 800. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Bharateśvara, about Vi.Saṃ. 1190, Rājagaccha, pupil of Śīlabhadra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1180, Cāndrakula, Rājagaccha)
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Nemicandra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1230, Rājagaccha, pupil of Vaira (about Vi.Saṃ. 1210, Rājagaccha)
  3. Male teacher (guru): Śīlabhadra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1180, Cāndrakula, Rājagaccha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 800. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 552. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 1. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1210 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1153
  2. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1212 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1155

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 552, 634, 800. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 3. | work record
Roles
  1. Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) of:
    Object: Jina temple (jinālaya)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Location: Dilavāṛā (Ābū) / Dilavāṛā (Abū), Rājasthāna, India Dilavāṛā (Ābū) / Dilavāṛā (Abū), Rājasthāna, India
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Nemicandra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1230, Rājagaccha, pupil of Vaira (about Vi.Saṃ. 1210, Rājagaccha)
  3. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Bharateśvara, about Vi.Saṃ. 1190, Rājagaccha, pupil of Śīlabhadra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1150-1180, Cāndrakula, Rājagaccha)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 3. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 3. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 240, 2. | work record
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Detail of 13th century Digambare image-canopy (Pratimā-vitāna) from Hiṅgalājagaṛh (Maṇḍasaur), Central Museum Indore. Photo Credit: Ingrid Schoon 23.12.2019.