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Merutuṅga

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 258, 605. | work record
Label Merutuṅga, ācārya, about Vi.Saṃ. 1330-1370, Nāgendragaccha, composed Prabandhacintāmaṇi (Vi.Saṃ. 1361 or 1367)
Generic Name
  1. Merutuṅga
Honorific or Epithet
  1. suvihitamahita

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 909. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Nāgendragaccha (Nāgendragaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 258. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Candraprabha, Nāgendragaccha, about Vi.Saṃ. 1340, preceptor of Merutuṅga (composed Prabandhacintāmaṇi Vi.Saṃ. 1361 or 1367)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 258, 296, 365. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1330-1370 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1293

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 258. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Merutuṅga (1304) Prabandhacintāmaṇi. [manuscript].
    Indian dates: 1361 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1304
  2. Author (kartā) of: Upadeśaśataka [Dharmopadeśaśatasūtra (or Mahāpuruṣacarita)].
  3. Author (kartā) of: Upadeśaśatavivaraṇa [Mahāpuruṣacarita].
  4. Author (kartā) of: Ṛṣimaṇḍalastava.
  5. Author (kartā) of: Kātantravyākaraṇasya vyākhyāna (1286) .
  6. Author (kartā) of: Merutuṅga Ṣaḍdarśanavicāra. [manuscript].
  7. Contemporary (samakālīna): Guṇacandra, scribe (Prabandhacintāmaṇi)
  8. Collaborator (sahayogī): Dharmadeva, about Vi.Saṃ 1360, Nāgendragaccha, sahāyaka of Merutuṅga (about Vi.Saṃ. 1330-1370, Nāgendragaccha)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 258, 688. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 258. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 267. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 296. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 847. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 341. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 512. | work record
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