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Bahula

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
Label Bahula, about 250 Vīra, pupil of Mahāgiri († 245 or 249 Vīra)
Generic Name
  1. Bahula

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 46, 220, 8, 11. | work record
Variants
  1. Uttara (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. daśapūrvin
Byname / Nickname
  1. ṣatulluka (ṣatulluka)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Bahula, ācārya (ācārya)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, Cat.no. 11. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Twin brother : Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin
  2. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhrātṛ) of: Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, Cat.no. 12. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -277
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 325 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -202
  3. Conversion (pratibodha)
    Indian dates: 325 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -202
  4. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 250 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 325Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -277 — -202

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 620. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 11. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 11. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220. | work record
Roles
  1. Converter (dharmaparivartaka) of: Svāti, about 280 Vīra, pupil of Balissaha († 280 Vīra), Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Doctrine (dharma)
    Event: Conversion (pratibodha)
    Indian dates: 325 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -202

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 11. | work record
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