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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 207, 218, 226, 228, 495, 552. | work record
Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 17-37, cat.no. 653, 654 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 663. | work record
Label Nemicandra (Devendra), sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1129, pupil of Āmradeva (sūri, pupil of Jinacandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1130)), successor of Ānanda, Bṛhadgaccha, author of Uttarādhyayanavṛtti
Generic Name
  1. Nemicandra

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 37. | work record
Variants
  1. Devendra (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 207, 218, 495. | work record
Byname / Nickname
  1. saiddhāntikaśiromaṇi (saiddhāntikaśiromaṇi)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Devendra, sādhu (sādhu)
  2. Devendra, gaṇin (gaṇin)
  3. Nemicandra, sūri (sūri)
  4. Nemicandra, paṇḍita (paṇḍita)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 218. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 495, 552. | work record
  3. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 17-29, cat. no. 653-658. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 39. | work record
  5. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 552. | work record
  6. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 30, 33, cat. no. 659, 660, 661. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Bṛhadgaccha (Bṛhadgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 218, 495. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) of: Municandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1180, Bṛhadgaccha (Devasūrigaccha), śiṣya of Ambadeva
  2. Fellow member of a mendicant tradition (dharmasahodara) of: Yaśodeva, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1176, Vi.Saṃ. 1180, pupil of Śrīcandra (Vi.Saṃ. 1158) and of Uddyotana (about Vi.Saṃ. 1150)
  3. Male teacher (guru) of: Śānti, sūri, † Vi.Saṃ. 1096, Khaṇḍillagaccha, Thārāpadragaccha, founder of Pippalagaccha, composed Uttarādhyayana-ṭīkā 'Śiṣyahitā'
  4. Fellow disciple of the same guru (gurubhāī) of: Vinayacandra (or Vinayendu), about Vi.Saṃ. 1280-1350, pupil of Ratnasiṃha (Vi.Saṃ. 1325)
  5. Male teacher (guru): Ambadeva (or Amradeva, Āmradeva), sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1100, Bṛhadgaccha (Devasūrigaccha), disciple of Uddyotanasūri, guru of Devendra (Nemicandra)
  6. Male teacher (guru): Āmradeva, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1150, pupil of Jinacandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1130), preceptor of Nemicandra (or Devendra, Vi.Saṃ. 1129)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 457, 495, 679. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 21, cat. no. 653. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 694. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 246, 37. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 40. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 207, 495. | work record
  7. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 21, cat. no. 653. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 228, 552. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata)) - 1169Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1072 — 1112
  2. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1129 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 602
  3. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1139 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1082
  4. Text composition (racanā)
  5. Text composition (racanā)
    Indian dates: 1139 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1082
  6. Ācārya inauguration (ācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1129-1139 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1078
  7. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1169 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1112
  8. Initiation (dīkṣā)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 495. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 45-55, 39. | work record
  3. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 21, 22, cat. no. 653. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 39. | work record
    Note: Earlier his name was pandita Devendragaṇi.
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 39. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 39. | work record
    Note: Gave by Āmradevasūri.
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Nemicandra (1072) Ākhyānakamaṇikośa [Akkhāṇayamaṇikosa]. [manuscript].
    Indian dates: 1139 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 612
  2. Author (kartā) of: Pravacanasāroddhāra.
  3. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Uttarādhyayanaṭīkā [Subodhā] (1072) .
    Indian dates: 1129 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1072
  4. Author (kartā) of: Laghuvīracarita.
  5. Author (kartā) of: Ratnacūḍacarita.
  6. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Ānanda, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1129, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Ajita, predecessor of Nemicandra (Devendra)
  7. Eulogist (praśaṃsaka) of: Mānadeva, about Vi.Saṃ. 940, successor of Pradyumna (about Vi.Saṃ. 920)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Devendra (602) Uttarādhyayanasūtrasukhabodhā [Uttarādhyayanavr̥tti]. [manuscript]Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India. Copied by Unknown. . ms. 1186/1886-92, cat. 657, p 27, 28
  8. Eulogist (praśaṃsaka) of: Pradyumna, about Vi.Saṃ. 920, successor of Yaśodeva (about Vi.Saṃ. 895)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Devendra (602) Uttarādhyayanasūtrasukhabodhā [Uttarādhyayanavr̥tti]. [manuscript]Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India. Copied by Unknown. . ms. 1186/1886-92, cat. 657, p 27, 28
  9. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Literary work (racanā) Nemicandra Aṣtavidhapūjākathānaka [Anantanāthacaritragata Pūjāṣtakakathānaka]. [manuscript] Copied by Unknown. . ms. 238/1873-74, cat. 38, p 52, 53
  10. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Nemicandrasūri (1082) Mahāvīracariya. [manuscript]Pattana / Pāṭaṇa, India. .
    Indian dates: 1139 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1082
  11. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Nemicandrasūri Ratnacūḍatilayasundarīkahā. [manuscript].
  12. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī) of: Municandra, sūri, † Vi.Saṃ. 1178, Bṛhadgaccha, successor of Nemicandra (about Vi.Saṃ. 1135-1150)
  13. Inspirer (preraka): Municandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1180, Bṛhadgaccha (Devasūrigaccha), śiṣya of Ambadeva
    Event: Text composition (racanā)
    Work: Uttarādhyayanaṭīkā [Subodhā] (1072) .
    Indian dates: 1129 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 602
  14. Scribe (pratilekhaka): Sarvadeva, gaṇin, Vi.Saṃ.1129, Bṛhadgaccha, scribe(Uttarādhyayanasūtravr̥tti)
    Object: First manuscript (prathamādarśa)
    Event: Text writing (lekhana)
    Work:
    Indian dates: 1129 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: 602

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 218. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 228, 552. | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 207, 246, 495, 522. | work record
  5. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 17-37, cat. no. 653-663. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 495. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 495. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 226, 495, 552. | work record
  10. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 21, cat. no. 653. | work record
  11. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 21, cat. no. 653. | work record
  12. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1967), pp 52, 53, cat. no. 38. | work record
  13. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  14. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 55, 39. | work record
  15. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 54-55, 246, 39, 37. | work record
  16. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), p 21, cat. no. 653. | work record
  17. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1940), pp 21, 22, cat. no. 653. | work record
    Note: Sarvadeva was a scribe of first copy of Sukhabodhā.
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