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Loṅkā

Person Record
Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
Label Loṅkā, śrāvaka, Vi.Saṃ. 1508, founder of the Loṅkāgaccha
Generic Name
  1. Loṅkā
Variants
  1. Luṅkā (Generic Name)
  2. Laukā (Generic Name)
  3. Loṅkāśāha (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 741. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 133-34-35, line 23,7,1. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Occupation Social Position
  1. Scribe (lekhaka)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Caste
  1. Prāgvāṭa (Prāgvāṭa)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Amūrtipūjaka (Amūrtipūjaka){ST}-Lauṃkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Son of: Ḍuṅgara, śrāvaka, father of Loṅka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1462, DaśāŚrīmālī, resident of Līṃbadī
  2. Son of: Chūdā, śrāvikā, mother of Loṅka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1462, DaśāŚrīmālī, resident of Līṃbadī
  3. Father: Ḍuṅgara, śrāvaka, father of Loṅka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1462, DaśāŚrīmālī, resident of Līṃbadī
  4. Mother: Chūdā, śrāvikā, mother of Loṅka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1462, DaśāŚrīmālī, resident of Līṃbadī

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134, line 7. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134, line 7. | work record
  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1508 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1452
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1524 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1467
  3. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 14 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Vaiśākha (vaiśākha) 1482 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1425
  4. Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Indian dates: 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1469
  5. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1532 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1475
  6. Dispute (vivāda)
    Indian dates: 1508 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1451

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 23. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 135. | work record
Roles
  1. Establisher (sthāpaka) of:
    Object: Loṅkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Indian dates: 1508 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1452
  2. Establisher (sthāpaka) of:
    Object: Loṅkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha)
    Indian dates: 1527 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1470
  3. Collaborator (sahayogī) of: Śāha, Lakhamasī, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1526
    Object: Loṅkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Location: Kālupura, Gujarata, India / Kālupura, India Kālupura, Gujarata, India / Kālupura, India
    Indian dates: 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1469
  4. Collaborator (sahayogī): Śāha, Lakhamasī, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1526
    Object: Loṅkāgaccha (Loṅkāgaccha)
    Event: Establishing a mendicant order (gaccha āraṃbha)
    Location: Kālupura, Gujarata, India / Kālupura, India Kālupura, Gujarata, India / Kālupura, India
    Indian dates: 1526 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1469

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 134, line 2. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 738. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 134-35-36. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 134-135. | work record
Visualisations
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