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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 221, 867. | work record
Label Samaracandra, sūri, paṭṭadhara, † Vi.Saṃ. 1560-1626, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, successor of Pārśvacandra (sūri, Pārśvacandragaccha)
Generic Name
  1. Samaracandra

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
Variants
  1. Ajīcandra (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Śrīsāra, Muni (1630). | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. nirgranthacūḍāmaṇi
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Samaracandra, sūri (sūri)
  2. Samaracandra, paṭṭadhara (paṭṭadhara)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 194, cat. no. 1132. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
Birth Name (First)
  1. Amarasiṃha
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Family Name
  1. Unknown
Caste
  1. Śrīmālī (Śrīmālī)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Tapāgaccha (Tapāgaccha){S}-Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha (Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha){SB}
  2. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Tapāgaccha (Tapāgaccha){S}-Vṛddhatapāgaccha (Bṛhattapāgaccha){SB}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 295, cat. no. 320, line 7. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Bhīmā, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1540, Śrīmālī
  2. Mother: Vālāde, śrāvikā, about Vi.Saṃ. 1540, Śrīmālī

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male teacher (guru) of: Rājacandra, Vi.Saṃ. 1626-1669, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha
  2. Male teacher (guru): Pārśvacandra, gacchādhirāja, † Vi.Saṃ. 1546-1612, paṭṭadhara Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, founder of the Pārśvacandramata Vi.Saṃ. 1572
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Ratnacandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1674, Pārśvacandragaccha
  4. Male disciple (śiṣya): Ratnacandra, vācaka, Vi.Saṃ.1639-1648, scribe of Saṃstārakaprakīrṇaka with bālāvabodha
  5. Male disciple (śiṣya): Rāyacandra, sūri, about Vi.Saṃ. 1619, pupil of Samaracandra

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 6, 624. | work record
  2. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 295, cat. no. 320, line 8. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 6, 624. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 286, Cat.no. 590. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 192, Cat.no.544. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 251, Cat.no. 565. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 286, Cat.no. 590. | work record
Events
  1. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Pāṭaṇa
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1569
    Location: Ṣambhā
  3. Birth (janma)
    Indian dates: 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1504
  4. Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 5 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1575 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1519
  5. Upādhyāya inauguration (upādhyāyapadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1599 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1543
  6. Sūri inauguration (sūripadasthāpanā)
    Indian dates: 1604 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1547
  7. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 11 Bright (śukla / śuddha) Mārgaśīrṣa (mārgaśīrṣa) 1560 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata)) - 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1504 — 1570
  8. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 1 Dark (kṛṣṇa / vadi) Jyeṣṭha (jyeṣṭha) 1626 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1570
    Location: Khaṃbhāta, Gujarat, India
  9. Text composition (racanā)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 867. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  7. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 102, 56. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 103, 56. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of: Samaracandra (1546) Saṃstārakaprakīrṇaka with bālāvabodha. [manuscript] Copied by Āṇanda, Bājīdapūra / Bājīdapūra, Uttarapradeśa, Alīgaḍha, India. . ms. 874/1892-95, cat. 320, p 294, 295
    Indian dates: Kārttika (kārttika) 1603 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1546
  2. Author (kartā) of: Samaracandra Sādhurasasamuccaya. [manuscript].
  3. Predecessor (pūrvādhikārī): Pārśvacandra, gacchādhirāja, † Vi.Saṃ. 1546-1612, paṭṭadhara Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, founder of the Pārśvacandramata Vi.Saṃ. 1572
  4. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Rājacandra, Vi.Saṃ. 1626-1669, Nāgapurīyatapāgaccha, Pārśvacandragaccha

Sources

  1. Kapadia, Hiralal Rasikdas (ed.), (1935), p 295, cat. no. 320. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 103, 56. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 221, 540, 580, 712, 867. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), pp 81, 137, 636, 660. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1978), p 192, Cat.no. 1131. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 101, 55. | work record
  7. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 712. | work record
  8. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 5, 624. | work record
  9. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1987), p 137, 660. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 103, 57. | work record
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