List of Jain monks
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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[1]
- Sudharma Swami
- Tattvarthsutra
- Śvētāmbara.
- Akalank ji
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, Born 1946
- Ganeshprasad Varni, 1874–1961 CE. Digambara. Founder of many Jain Institutions.
- Ilango Adigal[2]
- Jambu Swami[3]
- Jambuvijaya
- Jinaratna
- Rashtrakuta rulers, 800–880 CE.
- Jinendra Varni
- Gyansagar
- Kumudendu
- Bhaktamara Stotra
- Shantisagar, Digambara, 1872–1955
- Acharya Deshbhushan- Jain Acharya of the 20th century
- Acharya Vidyananda - Acharya of the 20th Century
- Tarunsagarji
- Acharya Viraag sagar
- Acharya Vishudh Sagar
- Adikavi Pampa - poet, one of the "three gems of Kannada literature".
- Gyanmati
Śvētāmbara ascetics
Hemchandra
based on Vikram Samvat 1294 palm leaf.
- Somadeva Suri
- Jain scriptures, especially at the second Jain councils of Vallabhiheld in 453 AD.
- Jain scriptures. Sanmatitarka (‘The Logic of the True Doctrine’) is the first major Jain work on logic written in Sanskrit.[7][8] Among the most popular of his works, the Kalyan Mandir Stotra is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha.
- philosopher, yogi, grammarian,[9] law theorist,[10][11] historian,[12] lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist.[13]Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and father of the Gujarati language.
- Vallabhsuri
- Mahopadhya Yasovijayaji-a seventeenth-century Jain philosopher-monk, was a notable Indian philosopher and logician. He was a thinker, prolific writer and commentator who had a strong and lasting influence on Jainism.[14]
- Ram Chandra Suri, Śvētāmbara, Samvat 1952–2047
- Anand Rishiji Maharaj
- Andayya[15] - Kannada poet
- Haribhadra[16] - 12th century philosopher
- Ranna - poet, one of the "three gems of Kannada literature".
- Sri Ponna - poet, one of the "three gems of Kannada literature". He was honoured by the title Kavichakravarthi for his prowess and domination of the Kannada literary circles at that time.
- Sthulabhadra
- Bhikshu, 1726–1803 CE. Creator of Terapanthi sect of Jainism.
- Vijayanandsuri - Guru of Acharya Vallabsuriji
- Śvētāmbara.
- Acharya Mahaprajna- Acharya of Terapanth sect
- Kalapurnasuri
- Jain ascetics to have achieved this feat.[18]
- Tulsi (Jain monk)
- Acharya Rajendrasuri- Acharya of the 20th century
- Acharya Mahasharman- 11th Acharya of Jain Swetamber Terapanth Community.
- Acharya Vijay Vallabh suri
- Acharya Vimalsagar - Acharya of the 20th century
- Acharya Sushil Kumarji Maharaj
Other
- Rajchandra
- Kanji Panth sect of Digambara
Notes
- ^ Jain 2012, p. v.
- ISBN 8126012218.
- ^ Hemachandra, Acharya (1998). R.C.C. Fynes (ed.). The Lives of the Jain Elders. Oxford World's Classics.
- ^ Long 2009, p. 132.
- ^ Jaina, Hīrālāla (2004). Contributions of Jaina Religion to Indian Culture. Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre.
- ^ Isibhāsiyāiṃ suttāiṃ: R̥ṣibhaṣita sūtra (in Hindi). Prākr̥ta Bhāratī Akādemī. 1988.
- ^ Qvarnström, Olle; Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini, page 154.
- ^ Dundas 2002, p. 131.
- ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
- ^ Flügel, Peter. "A Short History of Jaina Law": 5.
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(help) - ^ "Hemachandra | Jaina author | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9.
- ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
- ^ Dundas, Paul (2004) p.136
- ISBN 81-206-0063-0.
- ^ Great Thinkers of the Eastern World (1995), I.P.McGreal (ed.), Harper Collins, New York.
- ^ Vashi, Ashish (23 November 2009). "Ahmedabad turned Akbar veggie". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
References
- ISBN 0-415-26605-X
- Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Kundkund's Samayasara, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 978-81-903639-3-8
- ISBN 978-1-84511-625-5