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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 214, 234. | work record
Label Suhastin, † 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra († 215 or 219 Vīra), yugapradhāna after Sthūlabhadra and before Susthita and Supratibhuddha, Vācanācārya
Generic Name
  1. Suhastin

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 8. | work record
Variants
  1. Āryasuhastin (Generic Name)
  2. Suhatti (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. daśapūrvadhārin
Title
  1. Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Suhastin, ārya (ārya)
    Indian dates: 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 265Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -336 — -262
  2. Suhastin, sādhu (sādhu)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 11. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 10. | work record
Monastic Seniority
  1. Living in a group like a sthavira (sthavirakalpika)
Birth Name (First)
  1. Jātismara

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 401. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Clan
  1. Vāsiṣṭha (Vāsiṣṭha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 232, 760. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Harṣapurīyagaccha (Harṣapurīyagaccha){S}-Vidyādharaśākhā (Vidyādharakula){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 774. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Younger brother of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Junior fellow disciple of the same guru (laghu gurubhrātṛ) of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin
  2. Male teacher (guru) of: Kalahaṃsa, sūri, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  3. Male teacher (guru) of: Kāmarddhi, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra), founder Veśavāṭikagaṇa
  4. Male disciple (antevāsin) of: Sthūlabhadra, † 215 or 219 after Vīra, Gautamagotra, yugapradhāna after Bhadrabāhu and Sambhūtavijaya and before Suhastin, vācanācārya
  5. Male disciple (śiṣya): Megha, about 300 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra)
  6. Male disciple (śiṣya): Śrīgupta, about 300 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  7. Male disciple (śiṣya): Ṛṣigupta, Kākandaka, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra), founder of Mānavagaṇa
  8. Senior fellow disciple of the same guru (baṛā gurubhāī): Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin
  9. Male disciple (śiṣya): Yaśa, about 290 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra), founder of the Ṛtuvātikāgaccha
  10. Male disciple (śiṣya): Rakṣita, about 290 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  11. Male disciple (śiṣya): Rohagupta, about 290 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  12. Male disciple (śiṣya): Brahmagaṇi, about 290 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  13. Male disciple (śiṣya): Somagaṇi, about 290 Vīra, pupil of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 10. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 297. | work record
  5. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 79. | work record
  6. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), pp 287-288. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 685. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 832. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
  10. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 266. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
  12. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p 79. | work record
  13. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), pp 287-289. | work record
  14. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 8. | work record
  15. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-46, 8. | work record
  16. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-46, 8. | work record
  17. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-46, 8. | work record
  18. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-46, 8. | work record
  19. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-46, 8. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 265 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -262
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -236
    Location: Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  3. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -336
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 221 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -306
  5. Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 245 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -282 — -236
  6. Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 293 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -234
  8. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 191 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -336 — -236

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 45, 220, 11, 8, 10. | work record
    Note: He lived a hundred years.
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 11. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 11. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 8. | work record
    Note: He stayed up to 30 years as householder and stayed up to 24 years as vow.
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 229, 11. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 8. | work record
    Note: He stayed up to 46 years as yugapradhāna.
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 10. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220. | work record
Roles
  1. Converter (dharmaparivartaka) of: Avantisukumāla, converted by Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra, Vāsiṣṭhagotra)
  2. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Guṇasundara, 291-335 Vīra, yugapradhāna, successor of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  3. Converter (dharmaparivartaka) of: Samprati, † 291 Vira, Maurya king, grandson of Aśoka (son of Bindusāra)
    Indian dates: 235 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -292
  4. Consecrator of a vācanācārya (vācanācāryapadakṛt) of: Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 329 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -198
  5. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya) of: Sthūlabhadra, † 215 or 219 after Vīra, Gautamagotra, yugapradhāna after Bhadrabāhu and Sambhūtavijaya and before Suhastin, vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
  6. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) of: Mahāgiri, ārya, † 245 or 249 Vīra, Ailapātyagotra, disciple of Sthūlabhadra (gaṇadhara, † Vīra 215 or 219 ), first darśapūrvin
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 245 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 291Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -282 — -236
  7. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Sthūlabhadra, † 215 or 219 after Vīra, Gautamagotra, yugapradhāna after Bhadrabāhu and Sambhūtavijaya and before Suhastin, vācanācārya
  8. Consecrator of a statue (pratimāpratiṣṭhākartā) of:
    Object: Jina image (jinabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: Sunday (ravivāra / itavāra) 8 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Māgha (māgha) 203 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -324
  9. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Samudra, † 508 Vīra or 454 Vira, Vācanācārya
  10. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Guṇasundara, 291-335 Vīra, yugapradhāna, successor of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
  11. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Supratibuddha, about 300 Vīra
  12. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Susthita, ārya, † 313 Vīra, Kauṭika, Vyāghrāpatyagotra, disciple of Suhastin, founder of the Kauṭikagaṇa
  13. Subsequent vācanācārya (uttaravācanācārya): Balissaha, sūri, † 280 Vīra, disciple of Mahāgiri, with Uttara co-founder of the Uttarabalissahagaṇa, Vācanācārya
    Object: Vacanācāryapada (vācanācāryapada)
    Event: Vācanācārya inauguration (vācanācāryapadasthāpanā)
  14. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Guṇasundara, 291-335 Vīra, yugapradhāna, successor of Suhastin († 265 or 291 Vīra)
    Object: Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 291 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 335Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -236 — -192

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 214. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 234, 345. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 871. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 9-10, 11. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 9. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 226. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 10. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 45, 8. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 316, work.no. 1284. | work record
  10. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 234. | work record
  11. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 234, 345. | work record
  12. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 902. | work record
  13. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 910. | work record
  14. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 46, 8. | work record
  15. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 227, 9. | work record
  16. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 229, 11. | work record
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