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{{Short description | Jain monk who established schools in Maharashtra}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = [[Acharya]]
| name = Aryanandi
| image =
| caption =
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = [[Digambara]]
| official_name = Acharya Aryanandi
| birth_name = Shankar
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|2|28}}
| birth_place = Dhorkin Also Known As Aryanandi nagar, [[Paithan]], [[British India]] (now [[Aurangabad District, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|2|8|1907|2|28}}
| death_place = Navagad, [[Parbhani]], [[Maharashtra]]
| parents = Laxmanrao, Krishnabai Ahmindra
| initiation_name = Aryanandi
| initiator = Muni [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Samantabhadra]]
| initiation_place = [[Kunthalgiri]], [[Maharashtra]]
| initiation_date = 13 November 1959
| website = {{URL|http://aryanandiseva.com}}
}}
{{Jainism}}
[[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.<ref name="google1" /> Several Jain monks before him have also been named Aryanandi.<ref name="nam" /><ref name="granth" />

==Biography==
Acharya Aryanandi was born in the village of Dhorkin Also Known As Aryanandi Nagar, [[Paithan]], [[Aurangabad District, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name="ellora" /><ref name="seva" /> 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.<ref>[http://www.swahitwal.com/images/S_Images/Magazine/Issue07.pdf Swahitwal sandesh, p.6]</ref> 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).<ref>[https://www.jinaagamsaar.com/aacharya/aaryanandi.php आचार्य श्री १०८ आर्यनंदी जी महाराज, 2012]</ref>

==Contributions==
He was held in high esteem and is best remembered for the setting up of several Jain schools in Maharashtra,<ref name="google1"/> including the Acharya Arya Nandi Lecture Hall in [[Ellora Caves|Ellora]], [[Aurangabad District, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]], Maharashtra.<ref name="pushp" /> The Jain Gurukul at Ellora was also established by him.<ref name="data" /><ref name="gurukul" /> The noted German Jainologist, Hermann Kuhn, studied [[Jain scriptures]] extensively under the tutelage of Acharya Aryanandi.<ref name="benadi" /><ref name="samaj" />

== See also ==
* [[Acharya Shantisagar]]
* [[Jainism in Maharashtra]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="google1">{{cite book|author1=Kurt Titze|author2=Klaus Bruhn|title=Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-violence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loQkEIf8z5wC&pg=PA25|year=1998|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1534-6}}</ref>
<ref name="nam">{{cite web |url=http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/asceticism/ch25.asp |title=Jain World |publisher=Jain World |access-date=2013-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050222/http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/asceticism/ch25.asp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="granth">{{cite web |url=http://www.jaingranth.com/articledetail.php?id=7 |title=Online Jain granth, Games, Tirth Darshan, Jainism, Jain Article, Acharya suvidhisagarji |publisher=JainGranth.com |access-date=2013-02-09 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="ellora">{{cite book|author=José Pereira|title=Monolithic Jinas: The Iconography of the Jain Temples of Ellora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbGdZeQNfWsC&pg=PR17|year=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|isbn=978-0-8426-1027-8}}</ref>
<ref name="seva">{{cite web|url=http://aryanandiseva.com/ |title=Aryanandi Educational and Charitable Trust |publisher=Aryanandiseva.com |access-date=2013-02-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711052913/http://aryanandiseva.com/ |archive-date=11 July 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="pushp">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071022062815/http://www.jainpushp.org/Educational_Institutes.htm Educational Institutes - study in Jainism - Jainpushp.org]}}</ref>
<ref name="data">{{cite web|url=http://www.jaindata.com/jain_temple/shri-prashwanath-digambar-jain-pahad-mandir-ellora-verul___eb73318f-ba40-433e-bbba-08048b62dc6f/Details.aspx |title=Shri Prashwanath Digambar Jain (Pahad) Mandir, Ellora (Verul) |publisher=Jaindata.com |date=2011-01-16 |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>
<ref name="gurukul">{{cite web |url=http://ellorajaingurukul.com/ |title=Welcome to Shri Parshvanatha Brahmacharyashram, Gurukul |publisher=Ellorajaingurukul.com |date=1962-06-07 |access-date=2013-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930145641/http://ellorajaingurukul.com/ |archive-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="benadi">{{cite web|author=Benadi, Ajit K. |url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=65293 |title=Article Archive | Jain Diaspora - A German View |publisher=Herenow4u.net |date=2008-06-18 |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>
<ref name="samaj">{{cite web |url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/magazines/ahimsatimesshow.php?id=160 |title=Jainism Ahimsa News Religious Non-Violence Celebrities Literature Philosophy Matrimonial Institutions |publisher=Jainsamaj.org |access-date=2013-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103192046/http://www.jainsamaj.org/magazines/ahimsatimesshow.php?id=160 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
</references>

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130711052913/http://aryanandiseva.com/ Aryanandi Educational and Charitable Trust]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150930145641/http://ellorajaingurukul.com/ Shri Parshvanatha Brahmacharyashram, Gurukul]

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