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Munīśvara

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 213, 682. | work record
Label Munīśvara, sūripadasthāpanā Vi.Saṃ. 1408, Bṛhadgaccha
Generic Name
  1. Munīśvara
Honorific or Epithet
  1. vādigajāṅkuśa

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 682, 756. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Munīśvara, sūri (sūri)
    Indian dates: 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1351
  2. Munīśvara, bhaṭṭāraka (bhaṭṭāraka)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 682. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Clan
  1. Loḍhā (Loḍhā)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Bṛhadgaccha (Bṛhadgaṇa){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 682. | work record
Events
  1. Sūri inauguration (sūripadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1351
  2. Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna)
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1408 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1351

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 682. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
Roles
  1. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Mahendra, about Vi.Saṃ. 1450, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Ratnaprabha (about Vi.Saṃ. 1430, Bṛhadgaccha)
  2. Donor (dātā): ‘Alā-ud-dīn Hasan, Bahmani dynasty, reigned 1347-1358 A.D.
    Object: Name (nāma)
  3. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Ratnaprabha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1430, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Munīśvara (sūripadasthāpanā Vi.Saṃ. 1408, Bṛhadgaccha)
  4. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Bhadreśvara, about Vi.Saṃ. 1400, Bṛhadgaccha, predecessor of Munīśvara (sūripadasthāpanā Vi.Saṃ. 1408, Bṛhadgaccha)
  5. Donor (dātā): Firuz, Śaha, فیروز, king of Dillī, reigned about Vi.Saṃ. 1407-1445
    Object: Epithet (biruda)
    Event: Bestowal of an epithet (birudapratipadāna)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 682, 704. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 633. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 244, 51. | work record
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