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Idol of
Kundakunda , the most revered
Digambara acharya
Idol of
Devardhi Ksamashramana at vallabhi tirth, the most revered
Śvetāmbara acharya
Vidyasagar (Jain monk)
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.
Digambara ascetics
Image of Acharya Amritchandra , author of the Jain text, Puruşārthasiddhyupāya
Acharya Gyansagar
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
Jinasena , Digambara, preceptor of the
Rashtrakuta rulers , 800–880 CE.
Jinendra Varni
Gyansagar
Kumudendu
Manatunga composer of
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
Hemachandra Drawing of kalikālasarvajña
Hemchandra based on Vikram Samvat 1294 palm leaf.
Idol of Mahamahopadhyay Yashovijaya ,a seventeenth-century
Jain monk , a notable Indian
philosopher ,logician and prominent author of
Jain Scriptures
Vimalsuri - a 3rd century
Jain monk of the
Śvetāmbara Murtipujaka sect. He is best known for his composition "Paumachariyam" , the earliest known
Jain version of the
Ramayana and the oldest work of literature written in
Maharashtri Prakrit .
[4]
[5]
Somadeva Suri
Devardhi Ksamashramana -Mainly known for his notable contributions revolve around the preservation of
Jain scriptures , especially at the second
Jain councils of
Vallabhi held in 453 AD.
Siddhasena Divakara -a
jain monk of the
Śvetāmbara sect in the fifth century CE who wrote works on
Jain philosophy and epistemology.
[7]
[8] He is credited with the authorship of many
Jain scriptures . Sanmatitarka (‘The Logic of the True Doctrine’) is the first major Jain work on logic written in
Sanskrit .
[9] Among the most popular of his works, the Kalyan Mandir Stotra is a
Sanskrit hymn dedicated to the 23rd Tirthankara
Parshvanatha .
Hemachandra ,a 12th century (
c. 1088 – c. 1172/1173 CE ) Indian
Jain saint,One of the prominent authors of
Jain Scriptures ,scholar, poet, mathematician,
philosopher ,
yogi ,
grammarian ,
[11]
law theorist ,
[12]
[13]
historian ,
[14]
lexicographer ,
rhetorician ,
logician , and
prosodist .
[15] 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 .
[16]
Ram Chandra Suri , Śvētāmbara, Samvat 1952–2047
Anand Rishiji Maharaj
Andayya
[17] - Kannada poet
Haribhadra
[18] - 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
Haribhadra , c. 7th century CE.
Śvētāmbara .
Hiravijaya ,(belonging to the
Tapa Gaccha tradition of
Svetambara Jains) who influenced the
Mughal Emperor
Akbar to
give up eating meat .
[19]
Acharya Mahaprajna - Acharya of Terapanth sect
Kalapurnasuri
Daulatsagarsuri (1920–2024) - a
Jain ascetic, philosopher, and a revered saint. He was the head of the monastic order (
Gacchadhipati ) of the "Sagar Samudaay" of the
Tapa Gaccha . While he was alive, he was the preceptor of 900 monks and nuns. He was awarded the rarest of the rare and ancient title of "Shri Sangh Sthavir" based on his austerity, knowledge of the
canonical scriptures of Jainism, and spiritual leadership, becoming the only second of the modern
Jain ascetics to have achieved this feat.
[20]
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
Notes
^ Lal, Mohan (2006). The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature (Volume five: Sasay to Zorgot) . Sahitya Akademi. p. 4098.
ISBN
8126012218 .
^ Hemachandra, Acharya (1998). R.C.C. Fynes (ed.). The Lives of the Jain Elders . Oxford World's Classics.
^ Agrawal, Dr Mukta.
Vaishivk Paridrashya Main Ram - Sahaitya (in Hindi). Sadbhawana Publication.
ISBN
978-81-965928-2-0 .
^ Cite error: The named reference :0
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page ).
^ 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.
^ Datta, Amaresh (1987).
Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo . Sahitya Akademi. pp. 15–16.
ISBN
978-81-260-1803-1 .
^ Flügel, Peter.
"A Short History of Jaina Law" : 5.
^
"Hemachandra | Jaina author | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 7 February 2022 .
^ Singh, Upinder (2008).
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century . Pearson Education India. p. 241.
ISBN
978-81-317-1677-9 .
^ Datta, Amaresh (1987).
Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo . Sahitya Akademi. p. 15.
ISBN
978-81-260-1803-1 .
^ Dundas, Paul (2004) p.136
^ A History of Kannada Literature . Asian Educational Services, India. 1982. p. 44.
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 .
^
"Gacchadhipati Shri Daulatsagar Ji" . isjs-newsletter.in . Retrieved 23 April 2024 .
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The Jains (Second ed.),
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ISBN
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Acharya Kundkund's Samayasara , Vikalp Printers,
ISBN
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Jainism: An Introduction ,
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