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Harṣacandra

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 942. | work record
Label Harṣacandra, gacchanāyaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1842, Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha, successor of Bhojarāja (about Vi.Saṃ. 1840)
Generic Name
  1. Harṣacandra
Honorific or Epithet
  1. paṇḍita
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Harṣacandra, sūri (sūri)
  2. Harṣacandra, gacchanāyaka (gacchanāyaka)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 942. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Amūrtipūjaka (Amūrtipūjaka){ST}-Lauṃkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha){S}-Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha){SB}
  2. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Amūrtipūjaka (Amūrtipūjaka){ST}-Lauṃkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha){S}-Nāgapurīyalauṃkāgaccha (Nāgorīlauṃkāgaccha){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 942. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Son of: Navalakhā, Bhopatana, śrāvaka, about Vi. Saṃ.1810, resident of Karaṇu, father of Harṣacandra, (Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha)
  2. Son of: Bhaktādevī, śrāvikā, about Vi. Saṃ.1810, resident of Karaṇu, mother of Harṣacandra, (Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha)
  3. Father: Navalakhā, Bhopatana, śrāvaka, about Vi. Saṃ.1810, resident of Karaṇu, father of Harṣacandra, (Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha)
  4. Mother: Bhaktādevī, śrāvikā, about Vi. Saṃ.1810, resident of Karaṇu, mother of Harṣacandra, (Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1860 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1803
  2. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Location: Sojata / Sojata, Rājasthāna, India
  3. Gaccheśa inauguration (gaccheśapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 6 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1823 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1767
  4. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1842 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1786
    Location: Jayapura, Rājasthāna, India

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 942. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 162, 14. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Bhojarāja, gacchanāyaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1800-1822, Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha, successor of Jagajjīvana (about Vi.Saṃ. 1820, Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha)
  2. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Lakṣmīcandra, gacchanāyaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1880, pupil of Harṣacandra,Bṛhannāgapurīyalauṅkāgaccha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 942. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 728. | work record
Visualisations
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