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Devasundara

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 190, 492. | work record
Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), pp 286, 287, cat. no. 606. | work record
Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 76, cat. no. 688. | work record
Label Devasundara, sūri, Vi. Saṃ. 1396-1468, successor of Somatilaka, Tapāgaccha
Generic Name
  1. Devasundara
Honorific or Epithet
  1. suvihitaśiromaṇi
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Devasundara, sūri (sūri)
    Location: Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India
    Indian dates: 1420 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1363
  2. Devasundara, bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)
  3. Devasundara, gacchādhirāja (gacchādhirāja)

Sources

  1. Weber, Albrecht (1891), p 1012, 1012. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 492. | work record
  3. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), pp 27-28, cat.no. 74. | work record
  4. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), p 287, cat. no. 606. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 492. | work record
  6. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), p 287, cat. no. 606. | work record
  7. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), p 287, cat. no. 606. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Tapāgaccha (Tapāgaccha){S}
  2. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Tapāgaccha (Tapāgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 492. | work record
  2. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), pp 27-28, cat.no. 74. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Kulamaṇḍana, sūri, † Vi.Saṃ. 1455, Tapāgaccha
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Guṇaratna, Tapāgaccha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1420-1470
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Jñānasāgara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1441-1460, Tapāgaccha
  4. Male disciple (śiṣya): Sādhuratna, Vi.Saṃ. 1456, Tapāgaccha
  5. Male disciple (śiṣya): Unknown, Vi.Saṃ. 1450, Tapāgaccha, pupil of Devasundara, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1420-1441, Tapāgaccha, author of Mugdhāvabodha auktika
  6. Male disciple (śiṣya): Somasundara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1437-1499, Tapāgaccha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 313. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 208, cat. no. 225. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 343. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 442. | work record
  7. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 76, cat. no. 688. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 452. | work record
  10. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1936), p 287, cat. no. 606. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  12. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 492, 679. | work record
  13. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), pp 46-47, cat. no.124. | work record
  14. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
Events
  1. Sūri inauguration (sūripadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1420 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1363
  2. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 1396 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1339
  3. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 1404 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1347
    Location: Maheśvaragrāma, Gujarat, India
  4. Instruction for image consecration (bimbapratiṣṭhopadeśa)
    Indian dates: 1468 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1411
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1396 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1339

Sources

  1. Weber, Albrecht (1891), p 1012, 1012. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 492. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 492. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 666. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  8. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), pp 27-28, cat.no.74. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Somatilaka, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1373-1424, Tapāgaccha
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Jñānasāgara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1441-1460, Tapāgaccha
  3. Requester (prārthaka) of: Unknown, Vi.Saṃ. 1447, scribe (Malayagiri’s Karmagranthavṛtti)
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha) Karmagranthavṛtti.
    Indian dates: 1447 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1390
  4. Inspirer (upadeśaka) of: Sūrā, śrāvaka, Vi.Saṃ. 1468, Śrīmāla
    Object: Jina image (Ajitanāthabimba)
    Event: Instruction for image consecration (bimbapratiṣṭhopadeśa)
    Indian dates: 1468 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1411
  5. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Jñānasāgara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1441-1460, Tapāgaccha
  6. Scribe (pratilekhaka): Unknown, Vi.Saṃ. 1447, scribe (Malayagiri’s Karmagranthavṛtti)
    Work: Karmagranthavṛtti.
    Indian dates: 1447 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1390
  7. Contemporary (samakālīna): Narapa, about Vi.Saṃ. 1420, saṃghapati at the time of Devasundara (Tapāgaccha, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1420-1441)
  8. Consecrator of a sūri (sūripadakṛt): Somatilaka, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1373-1424, Tapāgaccha
    Indian dates: 1420 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1363
  9. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Somasundara, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1437-1499, Tapāgaccha
    Indian dates: Saturday (śanivāra) 3 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Phālguna (phālguna) 1482 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1426

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 492, 920. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 442, 492. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 284, 492. | work record
  5. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), pp 27-28, cat.no. 74. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 442, 492. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 284, 492. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 532, 547. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 920. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 60, 49. | work record
  11. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), p 42, cat. no. 112. | work record
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