Bhadrabahu, Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Umaswami, Sthulibhadra. In Digambara Jainism, Āchārya has thirty-six primary attributes (mūla guṇa) consisting in: Twelve...
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Acharya Vidyasagar (10 October 1946 – 18 February 2024) was an influential Indian Digambara Jain acharya (monk), credited with having brought about a revival...
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dorje lopön; Jp. "kongō ajari" 金剛阿闍梨). In Jainism, an acharya is the highest leader of a Jain order. Acharya is one of the Pañca-Parameṣṭhi (five supreme...
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is considered the authoritative Jain philosophy text by all traditions of Jainism. It has the same importance in Jainism as Vedanta Sūtras and Yogasūtras...
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three main teachings of Jainism are ahimsa, anekantavada (non-absolutism), aparigraha (non-possessiveness). Followers of Jainism take five main vows: ahimsa...
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Jainism (/ˈdʒeɪnɪzəm/ JAY-niz-əm), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession...
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Mandal Acharya Tulsi Award Website List of religious leaders in 2007 List of Jains Sadhvi Kanakprabha Kurt Titze, Klaus Bruhn eds. (1998) Jainism: A Pictorial...
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Suri Acharya Deshbhushan- Jain Acharya of the 20th century Acharya Vidyananda - Acharya of the 20th Century Tarunsagarji Acharya Viraag sagar Acharya Vishudh...
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Hemachandra (redirect from Acharya Hemchandra)
became well versed in Jain and non–Jain scriptures. At the age of 21, he was ordained an acharya of the Śvētāmbara school of Jainism at Nagaur in present-day...
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Jain symbols are symbols based on the Jain philosophy. The four arms of the swastika symbolize the four states of existence as per Jainism: a Heavenly...
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Acharya Bhikshu (1726–1803) was the founder and first spiritual head of the Śvetāmbara Terapanth sect of Jainism. He was a Devotee of Mahavira. In the...
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(sky-clad) is one of the two main sects of Jainism. This sect of Jainism rejects the authority of the Jain Agama compiled at the Vallabhi Council under...
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Bhadrabāhu (redirect from Acharya Bhadrabahu)
Śvetāmbara and Digambara sects of Jainism, the last Shruta Kevalin (all knowing by hearsay, that is indirectly) in Jainism. According to the Digambara tradition...
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Mahashraman (redirect from Acharya Shri Mahasharman)
Acharya Mahashraman (IAST: Ācārya Mahāśramaṇa; born 13 May 1962) is the eleventh Acharya, supreme head of Jain Śvetāmbara Terapanth sect. Mahashraman ji...
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Mahavira (redirect from Jainism and Mahavira)
Teacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family...
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Kundakunda (redirect from Acharya Kundakunda)
Jeffery D. (2013). Jainism: An Introduction. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85771-392-6. Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors...
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Aryanandi (redirect from Acharya Aryanandi)
Jainologist, Hermann Kuhn, studied Jain scriptures extensively under the tutelage of Acharya Aryanandi. Acharya Shantisagar Jainism in Maharashtra Kurt Titze;...
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infinite perception. Such a soul is called siddha and is revered in Jainism. In Jainism, moksha is the highest and the noblest objective that a soul should...
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getting cured he again joined the monastic order and became a great Jain Acharya. Samantabhadra affirmed Kundakunda's theory of the two nayas - vyavahāranaya...
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Śvetāmbara Terapanth (section Jain Vishva Bharati)
Terapanth is a sect of the Śvetāmbara Jainism that was founded by Acharya Bhikshu in Vikram Samvat 1817. Acharya Bhikshu believed in strict adherence to...
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Sushil Kumar (15 June 1926 – 22 April 1994) was a Jain teacher and monk (later Acharya). He was a self-realized master who devoted more than 50 years to...
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responsible for 250 to 500 monks. The Jain sangha (community) was led and administered by an organised system consisting of acharyas (leaders), upadhyayas (teachers)...
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Indian Tamil film Acharya (Jainism), the head of an order of ascetics Acharya (moth), a genus of moths of the family Erebidae Acharya (surname), including...
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Jainism has had a notable following in Gujarat. According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain. There are several...
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Siddhasena (category Jain acharyas)
into the Jain sangha. He came to be known as Acharya Siddhasensuri or Acharya Siddhasena Divakarasuri after he was given the position of an acharya. He is...
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Mahāprajña (redirect from Acharya Mahaprajna)
religious leaders in 2007 List of Jains Sadhvi Kanakprabha Acharya Mahashraman Chapple, Christopher Key (2007). "4 Jainism and Buddhism". In Dale Jamieson...
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Rajendrasuri (redirect from Acharya Rajendrasuri)
Acharya Rajendrasuri was a Śvetāmbara Jain monk and reformer of monk traditions of the 19th century. He wrote many books on Jainism including अभिधान राजेंद्र...
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Acharya Chandana (born Shakuntala in 1937), known as Tai Maharaj by her devotees, is an Indian Jain nun of the Amarmuni Sampradaya. Chandana is the first...
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Acharya Haribhadra Suri was a Śvetāmbara mendicant Jain leader, philosopher, doxographer, and author. There are multiple contradictory dates assigned...
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Shantisagar (redirect from Acharya Shantisagar)
Acharya Shri Shantisagar Ji (1872–1955) was an Indian Acharya of the Digambara monk faith. He was the first Acharya (preceptor) and a leader of his digamber...
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