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Bhadrabāhu

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 212, 631. | work record
Label Bhadrabāhu, ācārya 133-162 Vīra, śrutakevalin, niryuktikāra, disciple and (co-) successor of Yaśobhadra ( † Vīra 148), yugapradhāna, vācanācārya
Generic Name
  1. Bhadrabāhu

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 6. | work record
Variants
  1. Bhaddabāhu (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 78. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. śrutakevalin
  2. sthavira
  3. caudapūrvadhāra

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 631, 632. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 78. | work record
  3. Jaina, Hīrālāla (ed.), (1939), pp 25,26. | work record
    Note: Epithet śrutakevalin
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Bhadrabāhu, paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)
    Indian dates: 133 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 162Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -394 — -365
  2. Bhadrabāhu, ācārya (ācārya)
    Indian dates: 133 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 162Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -394 — -365

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  2. Jaina, Hīrālāla (ed.), (1939), pp 25,26. | work record
  3. Varṇī, Jinendra (2000), p 316. | work record
    Note: according to Jaina Sāhitya Itihāsa of Kailāśacandra the dates are; 180-222 Vīra.
Monastic Seniority
  1. Living in a group like a sthavira (sthavirakalpika)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Clan
  1. Prācīna (Prācīna)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 615. | work record
Social Class
  1. Brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 9, 8. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Nāgaśarman, father of Bhadrabāhu (niryuktikāra)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 541. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (antevāsin) of: Sambhūtavijaya (or Saṃbhūtivijaya), gaṇadhara, † Vīra 156, Māṭharagotra, successor of Yaśobhadra and predecessor of Sthūlabhadra, yugapradhāna, Vācanācārya
  2. Male teacher (guru): Govardhana, gaṇadhipa, 114-133 Vīra, Digambara
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Janadatta, pupil of Bhadrabāhu (niryuktikāra)
  4. Male disciple (śiṣya): Candragupta, Maurya king, reigned Vira.216, contemporary of Bhadrabāhu (niryuktikāra), his monastic name Prabhācandra
  5. Male disciple (śiṣya): Somadatta, pupil of Bhadrabāhu († 170 Vīra, or paṭṭadhara 133-162 Vīra), niryuktikāra
  6. Male disciple (śiṣya): Godāsa, pupil of Bhadrabāhu († 170 Vīra), founder of the Godāsagaṇa
  7. Male disciple (śiṣya): Agnidatta, pupil of Bhadrabāhu († 170 Vīra, or paṭṭadhara 133-162 Vīra)
  8. Male disciple (śiṣya): Yajñadatta, pupil of Bhadrabāhu († 170 Vīra, or paṭṭadhara 133-162 Vīra)

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 287. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 352. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 387. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 364. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 921. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 6. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 6. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 6. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 6. | work record
Events
  1. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
  2. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  3. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357
    Location: Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa / Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa, Karṇāṭaka, India
  4. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -433
    Location: Pratiṣṭhānapura / Paiṭhaṇa
  5. Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 156 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -371 — -357
  6. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 94 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -433 — -357
  7. Ācārya inauguration (ācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 133/180 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -371
  8. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357
  9. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 273. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 602. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 9, 8. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 7. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 229, 9. | work record
  7. Varṇī, Jinendra (2000), p 316. | work record
  8. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1954), pp 48, 49, cat. no. 48-50. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 316, work. no. 1284. | work record
    Note: He consecrated covisajina pratimā.
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Ācārāṅganiryukti.
  2. Author (kartā) of: Āvaśyakaniryukti.
  3. Author (kartā) of: Uttarādhyayananiryukti.
  4. Author (kartā) of: Upasargaharastotra.
  5. Author (kartā) of: Oghaniryukti.
  6. Author (kartā) of: Kalpasūtra.
  7. Author (kartā) of: Kalpasūtraniryukti.
  8. Contemporary (samakālīna) of: Candragupta, Maurya king, reigned Vira.216, contemporary of Bhadrabāhu (niryuktikāra), his monastic name Prabhācandra
  9. Author (kartā) of: Daśavaikālikaniryukti.
  10. Author (kartā) of: Daśāśrutaskandhaniryukti [Āyāradasānijjutti].
  11. Author (kartā) of: Duḥṣamāprābhṛta [Dussamapāhuḍa].
  12. Author (kartā) of: Narmadāsundarīkathā.
  13. Author (kartā) of: Pratyākhyānaniryukti. Prakrit (prākṛta).
  14. Author (kartā) of: Pravacanasāroddhāra.
  15. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Nigodavicāragāthāṣaṭtriṃśikā. [manuscript].
  16. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Bhadrabāhusaṃhitā [Bhadrabāhunimitta]. [manuscript].
  17. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Munivicāra. [manuscript].
  18. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Navagrahastotra. [manuscript].
  19. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Viśeṣāvaśyakaniryukti. [manuscript].
  20. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Śatruṃjayakalpa. [manuscript].
  21. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Vyavahārasūtraniryukti. [manuscript].
  22. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Sūtrakṛtāṅganiryukti. [manuscript].
  23. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Sūryaprajñaptiniryukti. [manuscript].
  24. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Yaśobhadra, gaṇadhara, † 148 after Vīra, successor of Śayyambhava († 98), predecessor of Sambhūtavijaya (Māṭharagotra, † Vīra 156)
  25. Author (kartā) of:
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Bhadrabāhu Sūtrakṛtāṅganiryukti [Sūyagadaṅganijjutti]. [manuscript] Copied by Unknown (Id.22080). . ms. 222/1873-74, cat. 48, p 48
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357
  26. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Upasargaharastotra. [manuscript] Copied by Jagajīvana, Śāladurga. . ms. 1205/1886-92, cat. 780, p 188, 189
  27. Author (kartā) of: Bhadrabāhu Upasargaharastotra. [manuscript]. ms. 232(g)/A1882-83, cat. 776, p 185, 186
  28. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) of: Sambhūtavijaya (or Saṃbhūtivijaya), gaṇadhara, † Vīra 156, Māṭharagotra, successor of Yaśobhadra and predecessor of Sthūlabhadra, yugapradhāna, Vācanācārya
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 156 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 170Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -371 — -357
  29. Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) of:
    Object: Jina image (covīsajina)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Location: Ghaṃghāṇī Tirtha, Rājasthāna, India Ghaṃghāṇī Tirtha, Rājasthāna, India
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357
  30. Attendee (upasthita) of: Śāntisena, muni, about Śaka. 572, Digambara
    Event: Fast unto death (samādhimaraṇa) H.M.Nayak (1973) Epigraphia Carnatika. [inscription]Mysore, India.
    Location: Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India Kaṭavapra / Kaṭavapra, Karṇāṭaka, India
  31. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Govardhana, gaṇadhipa, 114-133 Vīra, Digambara
  32. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Viśākha, ācārya, 162-172 Vīra, Digambara
  33. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Sambhūtavijaya (or Saṃbhūtivijaya), gaṇadhara, † Vīra 156, Māṭharagotra, successor of Yaśobhadra and predecessor of Sthūlabhadra, yugapradhāna, Vācanācārya
  34. Contemporary (samakālīna): Sthūlācārya, about 180 Vīra, mentioned together with Sthūlabhadra († 215 or 219 after Vīra)
  35. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Sthūlabhadra, † 215 or 219 after Vīra, Gautamagotra, yugapradhāna after Bhadrabāhu and Sambhūtavijaya and before Suhastin, vācanācārya
    Object: Yugapradhānapada (yugapradhānapada)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 170 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 215Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -357 — -312
  36. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya): Sthūlabhadra, † 215 or 219 after Vīra, Gautamagotra, yugapradhāna after Bhadrabāhu and Sambhūtavijaya and before Suhastin, vācanācārya
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)

Sources

  1. Schubring, Walther (1944), p 1, cat.no.1,2, line Ms.no.1869,2571. | work record
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  32. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 188, 189, cat. no. 780. | work record
  33. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 185, 186, cat. no. 776. | work record
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  35. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 316, work.no. 1284. | work record
  36. H.M.Nayak (1973), p 13, Cat.no.34, line no.1. | work record
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  45. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 8. | work record
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