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Śāṇḍilya

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 232, 233, 811. | work record
Label Śāṇḍilya, sūri, † 409 Vīra, Kāśyapagotra, yugapradhāna after Dharma
Generic Name
  1. Śāṇḍilya

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 47, 49, 221, 9, 14, 14. | work record
Variants
  1. Āryaśāṇḍilya (Generic Name)
  2. Sāṇḍilla (Generic Name)
  3. Skandila (Generic Name)
  4. Khanḍila (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 811. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p 294 n. 2. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. sthavira
Title
  1. Yugapradhāna (yugapradhāna)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Śāṇḍilya, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 811. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 811. | work record
Family Relationships
  1. Father: Vīrarāja, about 350 Vīra, father of Śāṇḍilya

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 13. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Dharma, ārya, Kāśyapagotra, yugapradhāna after Siṃha and before Sāṇḍilya
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya) of: Śyāmārya, ācārya, Vīra. 280 - † 376, preceptor of Śāṇḍilya († 409 Vīra), Vācanācārya, founder of Kālikācāryagaccha
  3. Male disciple (śiṣya): Gupta, ārya, Sādhu, 4th or 5th century Vira, Panḍita, puple of Śānḍilya

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 233. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 427, 811. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, 15. | work record
Events
  1. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 409 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -118
  2. Death (mahāprayāṇa)
    Indian dates: 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -128
  3. Conversion (pratibodha)
    Indian dates: 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -128
  4. Text composition (racanā)
  5. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 376 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat) - 399Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -151 — -128

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 811. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, 14. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, 14. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221. | work record
Roles
  1. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Jītamaryādā.
  2. Conversion (pratibodha) of: Gupta, ārya, Sādhu, 4th or 5th century Vira, Panḍita, puple of Śānḍilya
    Object: Doctrine (dharma)
    Event: Conversion (pratibodha)
    Indian dates: 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -128
  3. Initiator (performer of ritual) (dīkṣādātā) of: Gupta, ārya, Sādhu, 4th or 5th century Vira, Panḍita, puple of Śānḍilya
    Event: Initiation (dīkṣā)
    Indian dates: 399 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -128
  4. Author (kartā) of:
    Object: Manuscript (hastalekha)
    Event: Text composition (racanā) Sāṇḍilya Jītamaryādā. [manuscript].
  5. Prior yugapradhāna (pūrvayugapradhāna): Dharma, ārya, Kāśyapagotra, yugapradhāna after Siṃha and before Sāṇḍilya
  6. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Jītadhara, † 454 Vīra
  7. Conversion (pratibodha): Śyāmārya, ācārya, Vīra. 280 - † 376, preceptor of Śāṇḍilya († 409 Vīra), Vācanācārya, founder of Kālikācāryagaccha
    Object: Instruction (upadeśa)
    Event: Conversion (pratibodha)
  8. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Gupta, ārya, Sādhu, 4th or 5th century Vira, Panḍita, puple of Śānḍilya

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 427. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, 14. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, 14. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  6. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 232. | work record
  7. Jacobi, Hermann (1932), p xv. | work record
    Note: Jacobi 1884 described the relationship as successor/predecessor.
  8. Mehta, Mohan Lal & Chandra, K. Rishabh (1971), p 739. | work record
    Note: Mehta & Chandra define the relationship as teacher-disciple.
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 427. | work record
  10. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 47, 9. | work record
  11. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 220, 13. | work record
  12. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 221, Cat.no. 15. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Śāṇḍilya

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