Ramchandra Suri (3 March 1896 – 9 August 1991) was an Indian monk and scholar of the

Tapa Gaccha Tapa Gaccha is the largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism. More than half of the existing Jain ascetics belong to the Tapa Gaccha. Several successful Sanskrit scholars belonged to Tapa Gaccha, including Hiravijaya, Meghavijaya, ...

sub-sect of

Śvetāmbara Jainism The Śvetāmbara (; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. ''Śvetāmbara'' in Sanskrit means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics' practi ...

. Born in Dahevan village, present-day

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, he was initiated as a monk by Muni Mangalvijayji in 1912. He was a disciple of

Prem Suri Prem Suri (1884 – 22 May 1968), né Prem Chand, was an Indian ascetic and philosopher of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. He belonged to the Tapa Gaccha sub-sect of the religion. Suri was born in 1884 in the village of Nandia in the Siro ...

. He died on 9 August 1991, leaving behind a spiritual succession called Ramchandra Suri Samuday.

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