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List Of Jain Ascetics
This is a list of Jain ascetics. The list include the names of ascetics who are known for their contributions to Jain philosophy and Jainism in general. * Indrabhuti Gautama * Bhadrabahu, c. 4th century BCE. Last acharya of undivided Jain sangha. * Kundakunda- 1st century BCE * Sudharma Swami * Umaswami- Author of the Jain text, '' Tattvarthsutra'' * Mantunga composer of Bhaktamara Stotra recognized by both, Digambar and Śvētāmbara. *''Akalank ji'' *Jambuswami Digambara ascetics * Acharya Samantabhadra - Author of The Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra, Āpta-mīmāṁsā, Svayambhustotra * Akalanka, c. 8th century CE. Digambara acharya known for his works on Jain logic. * Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti- Author of Gommatsāra * Yativṛṣabha- Author of Tiloya Panatti * Prabhācandra * Virasena, Digambara, 790–825 CE * Pujyapada * Aparajita * Aryanandi, 20th century Digambara acharya * Vidyasagar, Digambara, 1946-2024 * Ganeshprasad Varni, 1874–1961 CE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acharya KundaKunda
In Indian religions and society, an ''acharya'' (Sanskrit: आचार्य, IAST: ; Pali: ''ācariya'') is a religious teacher in Hinduism and Buddhism and a spiritual guide to Hindus and Buddhists. The designation has different meanings in Hinduism, Buddhism and secular contexts. ''Acharya'' is sometimes used to address an expert teacher or a scholar in any discipline, e.g.: Bhaskaracharya, the expert mathematician. Etymology The Sanskrit phrase ''ācāraṁ grahāyati ācāraṁ dadāti iti vā'' means ''Acharya'' (or teacher) is the one who teaches good conduct to one's students. A female teacher is called an ''achāryā,'' and a male teacher's wife is called an ''achāryāni'' In Hinduism The term '''Acharya''' has numerous definitions. Hinduism frequently uses the terms "''acharya''" and "''guru''" interchangeably. According to the Dharma Shastras, ''acharya'' is the one who imparts knowledge of the entire Veda to a student and performs upanayana sanskar. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jambuswami
Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira. He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained '' Kevala Jnana'' (omniscience). He is believed to be the third and last '' kevali'' (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition. He is believed to have attained ''moksha'' (liberation) at the age of 84 in Mathura. Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from a bandit by him. Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE). Shayyambhava composed ''Dasavaikalika sutra'' after studying the fourteen ''purvas'' (pre-canonical texts). He was initiated as a Jain monk. He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knowledge in 10 lectures in six months after which the latter died. Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and Bhadrabahu ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryanandi
Acharya Aryanandi was a prominent Jain monk of the early 20th century. He is best known for his work in establishing several Jain schools in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Several Jain monks before him have also been named Aryanandi. Biography Acharya Aryanandi was born in the village of Dhorkin Also Known As Aryanandi Nagar, Paithan, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. He has been the only Jain acharya from the Saitwal community in recent times. He was married in 1927 and had three children, however in 1953 he retired and decided to give up the worldly life. He was He took the brahmacharya vrata from Acharya Shantisagar in 1955. He was initiated as a muni by Muni Samanthabhadra at Kunthalgiri, Maharashtra, on 13 November 1959. He took sallekhana on 8 February 2000 at Navagad (Parbhani). Contributions He was held in high esteem and is best remembered for the setting up of several Jain schools in Maharashtra, including the Acharya Arya Nandi Lecture Hall in Ellora, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pujyapada
Acharya Pujyapada or Pūjyapāda (464–524 CE) was a renowned grammarian and ''Acharya (Jainism), acharya'' (philosopher monk) belonging to the Digambara tradition of Jainism, Jains. It was believed that he was worshiped by demigods on the account of his vast scholarship and deep piety, and thus, he was named Pujyapada. He was said to be the guru of King Durvinita of the Western Ganga dynasty. Life Pujyapada is said to have lived from 510 CE to 600 CE. Born under the name Devanandi to parents Madhava Bhatta and Shridevi, he was a sadhu Digambara monk, as well as a yogi, mystic, poet, scholar, author and master of several branches of learning. As the Devs from heaven used to come to do Puja (Hinduism), Puja of his feet Paad, the title of Pujyapaad was given to him. He was heavily influenced by the writings of his predecessors like ''Acharya'' Kundakunda and ''Acharya'' Samantabhadra (Jain monk), Samantabhadra. He is rated as being the greatest of the early masters of Jain lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virasena
Acharya Virasena (792-853 CE), also spelt as Veerasena, was a Digambara monk and belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was an Indian mathematician and Jain philosopher and scholar. He was also known as a famous orator and an accomplished poet. His most reputed work is the Jain treatise '' Dhavala''. The late Dr. Hiralal Jain places the completion of this treatise in 816 AD. Virasena was a noted mathematician. He gave the derivation of the volume of a frustum by a sort of infinite procedure. He worked with the concept of ''ardhachheda'': the number of times a number can be divided by 2. This coincides with the binary logarithm when applied to powers of two, but gives the 2-adic order rather than the logarithm for other integers. Virasena gave the approximate formula ''C'' = 3''d'' + (16''d''+16)/113 to relate the circumference of a circle, ''C'', to its diameter, ''d''. For large values of ''d'', this gives the approximation π ≈ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhācandra
Prabhācandra (c. 11th century CE) was a Śvetāmbara monk, grammarian, biographer, philosopher and author of several philosophical books on Jainism. Life Prabhachandra was a ''Śvetāmbara monk'' who flourished in 11th century CE. Prabhāvakacarita is a Jain text devoted to history, composed by him. While Prabhāvakacarita is dedicated to the lives of Jain scholars of the Shvetambara tradition, it is often quoted in the context of contemporary history, often dealing with the time of Acharya Hemachandra. It is a major source of the information on the society in that era. Prabhāvakacarita includes a mention of use a parachute in ancient India. According to him, Kumarapala converted to Jainism and started worshipping Ajitanatha after conquering Ajmer. Works * '' Prabhavaka Charita'' (IAST: ''Prabhavakacarita''): Biographies of Jain monks Prabhachandra gives accounts of acharyas from the first century of the Vikram era to 13th century, concluding with the account of Hemachandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiloya Panatti
''Tiloya Panatti'' or ''Trilokaprajnapati'' is one of the earlier Prakrit texts on Jain cosmology composed by Acharya Yativrshabha. The subject matter Jain cosmology has a unique perception of the Universe. It perceives different solar and lunar entities in a manner that is different from the current cosmology as well those put forward by different cultures. According to Jain cosmology, this universe is an uncreated entity existing since beginningless time. The Universe is made up of what Jains call six dravya or reals or substances – Living beings, non-living things or matter, space, time and the principles of motion and rest. The universe itself is divided abode of gods, abode of humans and animals, and abode of hellish beings. Contents The Tiloya Panatti is a Prakrit work in the Jain Shauraseni dialect and has been composed primarily in the Arya metre. The work has a total of 5677 verses divided into 9 chapters. The chapter scheme is as under: #The Entire Universe (''Lok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yativṛṣabha
Yativṛṣabha (Yativrishabha), also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician and Jain monk. He is believed to have lived during the 6th century, probably during 500–570. He studied under Arya Manksu and Nagahastin. He lived and worked between the periods of two great Indian mathematicians, Aryabhata (476 – 550) and Brahmagupta (598-668). Works He compiled many works in Prakrit expounding Jain traditions. One of these, the ''Tiloyapannatti'' — a description of the universe and its parts, is of some importance to historians of Indian science because it incorporates formulas representative of developments in Jain mathematics between the older canonical works and the later texts of the ninth and following centuries. He wrote the book named ''Tiloyapannatti'' which describes cosmology from the point of view of Jain religion and philosophy. "The work also gives various units for measuring distances and time." Tiloya Panatti postulated different concepts about infinity. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gommatsāra
''Gommatsāra'' is one of the most important Jain texts authored by ''Acharya'' Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarti. History ''Gommatsāra'' was written by Nemichandra in 10th century CE in Prakrit. It is based on the major Jain text, Shatkhandagam written by the ''Acharya Bhutabali'' and ''Acharya Pushpadant''. Sermons on ''Gommatasara'' was delivered in 1635 by Rupchand Pande, teacher of Hemraj Pande. Content ''Gommatasara'' provides a detailed summary of ''Digambara'' doctorine. It is also called ''Pancha Sangraha'', a collection of five topics: #That which is bound, i.e., the Soul (''Bandhaka''); #That which is bound to the soul; #That which binds; #The varieties of bondage; #The cause of bondage. The first of these, namely, (''Bandhaka'') i. e., the mundane soul forms the subject-matter of Jiva Kanda (description of the soul). The other four form the subject-matter of ''Karma Kanda''. See also * Karma in Jainism Karma is the basic principle within an overarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemichandra
Nemichandra (fl. c. 975), also known by his epithet Siddhanta Chakravarty, was a Jain acharya from present-day India. He wrote several works including '' Dravyasamgraha'', '' Gommatsāra'' (''Jivakanda'' and ''Karmakanda''), ''Trilokasara'', ''Labdhisara'' and ''Kshapanasara''. Life Nemichandra flourished around 975. He was popularly known as " Nemicandra Siddh ''ā''ntacakravartî" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy). He was the spiritual teacher of ''Cāmuṇḍarāya'' and their relation is expressed in the 1530 inscription in the enclosure of Padmavati temple, Nagar Taluka, Shimoga district. Nemichandra supervised the ''abhisheka'' (consecration) of the Gommateshwara statue (on 13 March 980). Works At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote '' Gommatsāra'' in 10th century, taking the essence of all available works of the great '' Acharyas''. ''Gommatasara'' provides a detailed summary of ''Digambara'' doctorine. He wrote ''Trilokasara'' based on the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akalanka
Akalanka nowiki/>IAST: Akalaṅka">IAST.html" ;"title="nowiki/>IAST">nowiki/>IAST: Akalaṅka(also known as ''Akalaṅkadeva'' and ''Bhatta Akalaṅka'') was a Jain logician whose Sanskrit-language works are seen as landmarks in Indian logic. He lived from 720 to 780 C. E. and belonged to the Digambara sect of Jainism. His work ''Aṣṭaśatī'', a commentary on '' Āptamīmaṃsa'' of Acharya Samantabhadra deals mainly with ''Jaina'' logic. He was a contemporary of Rashtrakuta king Krishna I. He is the author of Tattvārtharājavārtika, a commentary on major Jain text ''Tattvartha Sutra''. He greatly contributed to the development of the philosophy of ''Anekantavada'' and is therefore called the "Master of Jain logic". Life Akalanka flourished in 750 C. E. He was aware of the contents of the ''Angas'', although it cannot be said whether they represent an idea rather than a reality for him, and he also seems to have been the first Digambara to have introduced as a valid form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra
Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is a Jain text composed by Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy (second century CE), an ''acharya'' of the Digambara sect of Jainism. Aacharya Samantbhadra Swamy was originally from Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is the earliest and one of the best-known śrāvakācāra. A śrāvakācāra discusses the conduct of a Śrāvaka or Jain lay practitioner. Hiralal Shastri mentions 29 such texts from 2nd century CE to modern times.Shravakachara Samgraha, Part 4, Pages Ka-Kha, Hiralal Shastri, Jivaraj Jain Granthmala, 1998 Overview First verse of the ''Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra'' is dedicated to Vardhamāna Mahāvīra, the 24th Tirthankara In Jainism, a ''Tirthankara'' (; ) is a saviour and supreme preacher of the ''Dharma (Jainism), dharma'' (righteous path). The word ''tirthankara'' signifies the founder of a ''Tirtha (Jainism), tirtha'', a fordable passage across ''Saṃsā ...: :Namāh śri Vardhamāna-e nirdhutakalilātma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
