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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 180, 631. | work record
Label Bhadragupta, ācārya, † 553 Vīra, daśapūrvin, or yugapradhāna 454-493 Vīra, academic teacher of yugapradhāna Vajra
Generic Name
  1. Bhadragupta
Variants
  1. Bhaddagutta (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Mehta, Mohan Lal & Chandra, K. Rishabh (1971), pp 544, 661. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. daśapūrvin

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
Title
  1. Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Bhadragupta, ācārya (ācārya)
    Indian dates: 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -99 — 6
  2. Bhadragupta, sādhu (sādhu)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 49. | work record
    Note: Birth date mentioned in Jaina gurjar kavio
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 16. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 188. | work record
    Note: GOUGH 1878: 97 no. 330 = BHANDARKAR 1888: 36 no. 330.
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Vajra, ārya, † 584 Vīra, Gautamagotra, son of ārya Dhanagiri, founder of the Āryavajraśākhā, yugapradhāna after Siṃhagiri and before Vajrasena or Ratha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 180, 631. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 553 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 26
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -99 — 6
  3. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 454-493 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -54
  4. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  5. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 428 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -99
  6. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 449 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -78
  7. Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 494 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -33 — 6
  8. Education (śikṣā)
    Location: Ujjayinī / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 49, 230, 13, 16. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 631. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 49, 13. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 49. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 49, 230, 16. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 176, 955. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Namaskāracakralaghupañjikā.
  2. Prior yugapradhāna (pūrvayugapradhāna) of: Śrīgupta, † Vīra 548, preceptor of Rohagupta (Kauśikagotra, founder of the Trairāśikaśākhā)
  3. Male teacher of the doctrine (dharmopadeśakṛt) of: Vajra, ārya, † 584 Vīra, Gautamagotra, son of ārya Dhanagiri, founder of the Āryavajraśākhā, yugapradhāna after Siṃhagiri and before Vajrasena or Ratha
    Object: Literary work (racanā)
    Event: Education (śikṣā) Unknown Diṭṭhivāya [Dṛṣṭivāda]. [manuscript].
    Location: Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India Ujjayanī, Avanti / Ujjaina, Madhya Pradeśa, Mālavā, India
  4. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna) of: Dharma, † 454 Vīra, predecessor of Bhadragupta († 553 Vīra, or yugapradhāna 454-493 Vīra)
    Object: Yugapradhānapada (yugapradhānapada)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 494 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 533Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -33 — 6
  5. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Dharma, † 454 Vīra, predecessor of Bhadragupta († 553 Vīra, or yugapradhāna 454-493 Vīra)
  6. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Dharma, † 454 Vīra, predecessor of Bhadragupta († 553 Vīra, or yugapradhāna 454-493 Vīra)
  7. Subsequent yugapradhāna (uttarayugapradhāna): Śrīgupta, † Vīra 548, preceptor of Rohagupta (Kauśikagotra, founder of the Trairāśikaśākhā)
    Object: Yugapradhānapada (yugapradhānapada)
    Event: Yugapradhāna inauguration (yugapradhānapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 533 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 6
  8. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Vajra, ārya, † 584 Vīra, Gautamagotra, son of ārya Dhanagiri, founder of the Āryavajraśākhā, yugapradhāna after Siṃhagiri and before Vajrasena or Ratha
  9. Inspirer (upadeśaka): Rakṣita (Āryarakṣita), sūri, 522-597 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ. 52-127, disciple of preceptor Vajrasvāmin
    Object: As a rule (niryāmaṇāpurvaka)
    Indian dates: 533 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 6

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 528, 631. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 631, 832. | work record
  3. Mehta, Mohan Lal & Chandra, K. Rishabh (1971), pp 514, 661. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 16. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 517. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 230, 17. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 49, 13. | work record
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