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Samprati
संप्रति
Samprati; संप्रति
Chakravartin; Nripa
5th Maurya Emperor
Reign	c. 224 – c. 215 BCE
Coronation	224 BCE
Predecessor	Dasharatha Maurya
Successor	Shalishuka Maurya
Crown Prince of Magadha
Predecessor	Kunala
Successor	Unknown
Born	Unknown; Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Died	c. 215 BCE; Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Issue	Shalishuka Maurya
Dynasty	Maurya
Father	Kunala
Mother	Kanchanamala
Religion	Jainism

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Samprati (r. 224 – 215 BCE) was the fifth emperor of the Maurya Empire. He was the grandson of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, and the son of Kunala. He succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha Maurya. According to Jain tradition, he built 150,000 Jain derasars and made 15 million Jain idols. He is also believed to have taken an oath to dig the foundation of a new Jinalaya every day, and would not take his navakrashi (breakfast) until it was completed.^[4]

Claim to throne

Samprati was the grandson of emperor Ashoka^[5] and son of Kunala. Kunala was born to Ashoka's third wife, Padmavati (who was Jain), but was blinded in a conspiracy to remove his claim to the throne. Thus, Kunala was replaced by Dasharatha as the heir to the throne and lived in Ujjain with his "Dhai Maa" (wet nurse).^[6] Samprati was raised there. Years after being denied the throne, Kunala and Samprati approached Ashoka's court in an attempt to claim the throne. Ashoka could not grant his blind son's request but promised Samprati would be heir apparent to Dasharatha. After Dasharatha's death, Samprati ascended to the throne of the Maurya Empire.^{[citation needed]}

Reign

The Jaina text Pariśiṣṭaparvan mentions Samprati ruled both from Pataliputra and Ujjain.^[7] According to a Jain text, the provinces of Saurashtra, Maharashtra, Andhra and Mysore broke away from the empire shortly after Ashoka's death (i.e., during Dasharatha's reign), but were reconquered by Samprati, who later deployed soldiers disguised as Jain monks.^[8]

Samprati and Jainism

Samprati is regarded for his patronage and efforts to spread Jainism in east India. While in one source, he is described as nominally a Jain from birth (Sthaviravali 9.53), most accounts emphasize his conversion at the hands of the Jain monk Suhastisuri,^[9] the eighth leader of the congregation established by Mahavira.^[2] After his conversion he was credited with actively spreading Jainism to many parts of India and beyond,^[5] both by making it possible for monks to travel to barbarian lands and by building and renovating thousands of temples and establishing millions of idols.^[10] He was a disciple of Suhastisuri.^[11]^[5]

Kalpa-sutra-bhashya mentions Samprati making regions of Andhra, Dravida, Maharashtra and Coorg safe for Jain monks.^[5] He sent Jain missionaries to other countries for propagation of Jainism^[12]^[13] and southern part of India.^[14] He is popularly known as the "Jain Ashoka".^[15]

In literature

Around 1100 CE Devachandrasuri of the Purnatalla Gaccha told the story of Samprati in his commentary on the Textbook on Fundamental Purity (Mulashuddhi Prakarana), in a chapter on the virtues of building temples.^[1] A century later, Amradevasuri of the Brihad Gaccha included the story of Samprati in his commentary to the Treasury of Stories (Akhyana Manikosha).^[1] In 1204, Malayaprabhasuri, a disciple of Manatungasuri of the Purnima Gaccha, wrote an extensive Prakrit commentary on his teacher's Deeds of Jayanti (Jayanti Carita), in which he included the story of Samprati as an example of the virtue of compassion (Caudhari 1973: 201-2).^[1] There are also some anonymous and undated medieval texts devoted solely to the story of Samprati, such as the 461-verse Sanskrit Deeds of King Samprati (Samprati Nripa Charitra).^[1]

Notes

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Cort 2010, p. 202.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Cort 2010, p. 199.
↑ Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. 458. Samprati, a grandson of Asoka, is said to have been converted by Suhastin, and to have sent many missionaries to preach Jainism in the Peninsula, where his creed undoubtedly secured such wide acceptance that Mr. Rice is justified in affirming that during the first millennium of the Christian era Jainism may be regarded as having been predominant religion of Mysore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ Finegan, Jack (1989). An archaeological history of religions of Indian Asia. Internet Archive. New York : Paragon House. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-913729-43-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Vyas 1995, p. 30.
↑ http://www.english2hindidictionary.com/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81-meaning-in-english
↑ Thapar, Romila (2001). Aśoka and the Decline of the Maurya, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-564445-X, p.187
↑ Moti Chandra (1977). Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India. Abhinav Publications. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-81-7017-055-6.
↑ Tukol, T. K., Jainism in South India
↑ Cort 2010, p. 199-200.
↑ Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 46.
↑ Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1832). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Missouri Botanical Garden. Calcutta : Asiatic Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ Finegan, Jack (1952). The Archeology of World Religions. Internet Archive. p. 219. Samprati had missionaries sent out, doubtless of the Svetambara persuasion, as far as to south India: "In order to extend the sphere of their activities to uncivilized countries, Samprati sent there messengers disguised as Jaina monks. They described to the people the kind of food and other requisites which monks may accept as alms, enjoining them to give such things instead of the usual tax to the revenue collector who would visit them from time to time. Of course these revenue collectors were to be Jaina monks. Having thus prepared the way for them, he induced the superior to send monks to those countries, for they would find it in no way impossible to live there. Accordingly missionaries were sent to the Andhras and Dramilas, who found everything as the king had told. Thus the uncivilized nations were brought under the influence of Jainism.
↑ Sharma, S. r (1940). Jainism And Karnataka Culture. p. 130. The new doctrine, however, gained royal support from Anoka's grandson Samprati, under whom, as we saw, the first Svetambara mission was sent to the South. Thus, from very early times, both these schools of Jaina thought found representation in the South; but by far the most overwhelming epigraphic and archaeological evidence in the South is of the Digambara sect .
↑ Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. 202. Literary tradition of Western India, which also recognises Samprati as the immediate successor of Asoka, eulogizes him as an eminent patron of Jainism, who founded Jain monasteries even in non-aryan countries. Almost all ancient Jain temples or monuments of unknown origin are ascribed by the popular voice to Samprati, who is in fact, regarded as a Jain Asoka.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

Sources

Sharma, Suresh K.; Sharma, Usha (2004), Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Jainism, Mittal Publications, ISBN 978-81-7099-957-7
Cort, John (2010) [1953], Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-538502-1
Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors, vol. I, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1938-1
Vyas, Dr. R. T., ed. (1995), Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects, The Director, Oriental Institute, on behalf of the Registrar, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, ISBN 81-7017-316-7

Samprati Maurya Dynasty
Preceded by Dasharatha Maurya	Maurya Emperor 224–215 BCE	Succeeded by Shalishuka

[FOOTNOTECort2010202-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Cort 2010, p. 202.

[FOOTNOTECort2010199-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Cort 2010, p. 199.

[3] Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. 458. Samprati, a grandson of Asoka, is said to have been converted by Suhastin, and to have sent many missionaries to preach Jainism in the Peninsula, where his creed undoubtedly secured such wide acceptance that Mr. Rice is justified in affirming that during the first millennium of the Christian era Jainism may be regarded as having been predominant religion of Mysore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[4] Finegan, Jack (1989). An archaeological history of religions of Indian Asia. Internet Archive. New York : Paragon House. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-913729-43-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[FOOTNOTEVyas199530-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Vyas 1995, p. 30.

[6] ttp://www.english2hindidictionary.com/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81-meaning-in-english

[7] Thapar, Romila (2001). Aśoka and the Decline of the Maurya, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-564445-X, p.187

[Chandra1977-8] Moti Chandra (1977). Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India. Abhinav Publications. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-81-7017-055-6.

[9] Tukol, T. K., Jainism in South India

[FOOTNOTECort2010199-200-10] Cort 2010, p. 199-200.

[FOOTNOTENatubhai_Shah200446-11] Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 46.

[12] Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1832). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Missouri Botanical Garden. Calcutta : Asiatic Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[13] Finegan, Jack (1952). The Archeology of World Religions. Internet Archive. p. 219. Samprati had missionaries sent out, doubtless of the Svetambara persuasion, as far as to south India: "In order to extend the sphere of their activities to uncivilized countries, Samprati sent there messengers disguised as Jaina monks. They described to the people the kind of food and other requisites which monks may accept as alms, enjoining them to give such things instead of the usual tax to the revenue collector who would visit them from time to time. Of course these revenue collectors were to be Jaina monks. Having thus prepared the way for them, he induced the superior to send monks to those countries, for they would find it in no way impossible to live there. Accordingly missionaries were sent to the Andhras and Dramilas, who found everything as the king had told. Thus the uncivilized nations were brought under the influence of Jainism.

[14] Sharma, S. r (1940). Jainism And Karnataka Culture. p. 130. The new doctrine, however, gained royal support from Anoka's grandson Samprati, under whom, as we saw, the first Svetambara mission was sent to the South. Thus, from very early times, both these schools of Jaina thought found representation in the South; but by far the most overwhelming epigraphic and archaeological evidence in the South is of the Digambara sect .

[15] Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Robarts - University of Toronto. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. 202. Literary tradition of Western India, which also recognises Samprati as the immediate successor of Asoka, eulogizes him as an eminent patron of Jainism, who founded Jain monasteries even in non-aryan countries. Almost all ancient Jain temples or monuments of unknown origin are ascribed by the popular voice to Samprati, who is in fact, regarded as a Jain Asoka.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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+{{use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
+{{use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
+{{Refimprove|date=December 2008}}
 {{Infobox royalty
-| succession = 5th [[List of Mauryan rulers|Mauryan emperor]]
+| image        = File:Emperor Samprati Maurya.jpg
-|image =Emperor Samprati Maurya.jpg
+| succession   = [[List of Maurya emperors|5th Maurya Emperor ]]
-|caption=Emperor Samprati
+| name         = Samprati<br>{{nobold|{{lang|sa|संप्रति}}}}
-| reign = {{circa|224|215 BCE}}
+| title        = [[Chakravarti (Sanskrit term)|Chakravartin]]<br/>Nripa{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=202}}
-| religion = [[Jainism]]{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199}}
+| reign        = {{circa|224|215 BCE}}
-| predecessor = [[Dasharatha Maurya]]
+| religion     = [[Jainism]]{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofi00smit|title=The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great|last1=Smith|first1=Vincent Arthur|last2=Edwardes|first2=S. M. (Stephen Meredyth)|quote=Samprati, a grandson of Asoka, is said to have been converted by Suhastin, and to have sent many missionaries to preach Jainism in the Peninsula, where his creed undoubtedly secured such wide acceptance that Mr. Rice is justified in affirming that during the first millennium of the Christian era Jainism may be regarded as having been predominant religion of Mysore.|page=458|publisher=Oxford : Clarendon Press|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|date=1924 }}</ref>
-| successor = [[Shalishuka]]
+| succession1  = [[Yuvaraja|Crown Prince]] of [[Maurya Empire|Magadha]]
-| dynasty = [[Maurya Empire|Maurya]]
+| predecessor1 = [[Kunala]]
-| father = [[Kunala]]
+| successor1   = Unknown
-| mother = Kanchanamala
+| predecessor  = [[Dasharatha Maurya]]
+| successor    = [[Shalishuka]] Maurya
+| birth_date   = Unknown
+| birth_place  = [[Pataliputra]], [[Maurya Empire]] (Present day [[Bihar]], [[India]])
+| death_date   = {{Circa|215 BCE}}
+| coronation   = 224 BCE
+| dynasty      = [[Maurya Empire|Maurya]]
+| death_place  = [[Pataliputra]], [[Maurya Empire]] (Present day [[Bihar]], [[India]])
+| issue        = [[Shalishuka]] Maurya
+| father       = [[Kunala]]
+| mother       = Kanchanamala
 }}
 {{Maurya}}
-'''Samprati''' ({{reign|224|215 BCE}}) was an emperor of the [[Maurya dynasty]]. He was the son of [[Ashoka]]'s blind son, [[Kunala]],{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} and succeeded his cousin, [[Dasharatha Maurya|Dasharatha]], as emperor of the [[Maurya Empire]]. He was the only great Mauryan emperor after [[Ashoka]], and was a great patron of [[Jainism]].
+'''Samprati''' ({{reign|224|215 BCE}}) was the fifth emperor of the [[Maurya dynasty|Maurya Empire.]] He was the grandson of the third Mauryan emperor, [[Ashoka The Great|Ashoka]], and the son of [[Kunala]]. He succeeded his cousin, [[Dasharatha Maurya|Dasharatha]] Maurya. According to Jain tradition, he built 150,000 Jain [[derasars]] and made 15 million [[Jain idol|Jain idols]]. He is also believed to have taken an oath to dig the foundation of a new [[Jinalaya]] every day, and would not take his ''navakrashi'' (breakfast) until it was completed.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/archaeologicalhi0000fine|title=An archaeological history of religions of Indian Asia|last=Finegan|first=Jack|date=1989|publisher=New York : Paragon House|page=115|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-913729-43-4}}</ref>
-[[File:Samprati Maurya Empire.png|thumb|Samprati Maurya Empire]]
 ==Claim to throne==
-Kunala was the son of one of Ashoka's queens, Padmavati (who was [[Jain]]), but was blinded in a conspiracy to remove his claim to the throne. Thus, Kunala was replaced by Dasharatha as the heir to the throne. Kunala lived in [[Ujjain]] with his "Dhai Maa". Samprati was brought up there. Years after being denied the throne, Kunala and Samprati approached Ashoka's court in an attempt to claim the throne. Ashoka could not deliver the throne to his blind son, but promised Samprati would be heir apparent after Dasharatha. After Dasharatha's death, Samprati inherited the throne of the Maurya Empire.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
+Samprati was the grandson of emperor [[Ashoka]]{{sfn|Vyas|1995|p=30}} and son of Kunala. Kunala was born to Ashoka's third wife, [[Padmavati (wife of Ashoka)|Padmavati]] (who was [[Jain]]), but was blinded in a conspiracy to remove his claim to the throne. Thus, Kunala was replaced by Dasharatha as the heir to the throne and lived in [[Ujjain]] with his "Dhai Maa" (wet nurse).<ref>http://www.english2hindidictionary.com/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81-meaning-in-english</ref> Samprati was raised there. Years after being denied the throne, Kunala and Samprati approached Ashoka's court in an attempt to claim the throne. Ashoka could not grant his blind son's request but promised Samprati would be heir apparent to Dasharatha. After Dasharatha's death, Samprati ascended to the throne of the Maurya Empire.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
 ==Reign==
-According to the Jain tradition he ruled for 53 years.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The Jaina text {{IAST|Pariśiṣṭaparvan}} mentions that he ruled both from [[Pataliputra]] and [[Ujjain]].<ref>Thapar, Romila (2001). ''{{IAST|Aśoka}} and the Decline of the Maurya'', New Delhi: Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-564445-X}}, p.187</ref> According to a [[Jain]] text, the provinces of [[Surashtra]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra]], and the [[Mysore]] region broke away from the empire shortly after Ashoka's death (i.e., during Dasharatha's reign), but were reconquered by Samprati, who later deployed soldiers disguised as Jain monks.<ref name="Chandra1977">{{cite book|author=Moti Chandra|title=Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDL4kA7SWkEC&pg=PA75|year=1977|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-055-6|pages=75–}}</ref>
+[[File:Samprati Maurya Empire.png|thumb|Samprati Maurya Empire]]
+The Jaina text {{IAST|Pariśiṣṭaparvan}} mentions Samprati ruled both from [[Pataliputra]] and [[Ujjain]].<ref>Thapar, Romila (2001). ''{{IAST|Aśoka}} and the Decline of the Maurya'', New Delhi: Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-564445-X}}, p.187</ref> According to a Jain text, the provinces of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[History of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]], [[Andhras|Andhra]] and [[History of karnataka|Mysore]] broke away from the empire shortly after Ashoka's death (i.e., during Dasharatha's reign), but were reconquered by Samprati, who later deployed soldiers disguised as Jain monks.<ref name="Chandra1977">{{cite book|author=Moti Chandra|title=Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDL4kA7SWkEC&pg=PA75|year=1977|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-055-6|pages=75–}}</ref>
 ==Samprati and Jainism==
-Samprati is regarded for his patronage and efforts to spread [[Jainism]] in east India. While in one source, he is described as nominally a Jain from birth (''Sthaviravali'' 9.53), most accounts emphasize his conversion at the hands of the [[Jain monasticism|Jain monk]] ''Shri Suhastisuri'',<ref>{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Jainism in South India |url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/article/south.htm }}</ref> the eighth leader of the congregation established by [[Mahavira|Lord Mahavira Swami]].{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199}} After his conversion he was credited with actively spreading Jainism to many parts of India and beyond, both by making it possible for monks to travel to barbarian lands, and by building and renovating thousands of temples and establishing millions of idols.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199-200}} He was a disciple of Suhastisuriji.{{sfn|Natubhai Shah|2004|p=46}}
+Samprati is regarded for his patronage and efforts to spread [[Jainism]] in east India. While in one source, he is described as nominally a Jain from birth (''Sthaviravali'' 9.53), most accounts emphasize his conversion at the hands of the [[Jain monasticism|Jain monk]] Suhastisuri,<ref>{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Jainism in South India |url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/article/south.htm }}</ref> the eighth leader of the congregation established by [[Mahavira]].{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199}} After his conversion he was credited with actively spreading Jainism to many parts of India and beyond,{{sfn|Vyas|1995|p=30}} both by making it possible for monks to travel to barbarian lands and by building and renovating thousands of temples and establishing millions of idols.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=199-200}} He was a disciple of Suhastisuri.{{sfn|Natubhai Shah|2004|p=46}}{{sfn|Vyas|1995|p=30}}
+Kalpa-sutra-bhashya mentions Samprati making regions of Andhra, Dravida, Maharashtra and Coorg safe for Jain monks.{{sfn|Vyas|1995|p=30}} He sent Jain missionaries to other countries for propagation of Jainism<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002183918|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.|last=Asiatic Society (Calcutta|first=India)|publisher=Calcutta : Asiatic Society|others=Missouri Botanical Garden|date=1832 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|quote=Samprati had missionaries sent out, doubtless of the Svetambara persuasion, as far as to south India: “In order to extend the sphere of their activities to uncivilized countries, Samprati sent there messengers disguised as Jaina monks. They described to the people the kind of food and other requisites which monks may accept as alms, enjoining them to give such things instead of the usual tax to the revenue collector who would visit them from time to time. Of course these revenue collectors were to be Jaina monks. Having thus prepared the way for them, he induced the superior to send monks to those countries, for they would find it in no way impossible to live there. Accordingly missionaries were sent to the Andhras and Dramilas, who found everything as the king had told. Thus the uncivilized nations were brought under the influence of Jainism.|url=https://archive.org/details/archeologyofworl0001fine|title=The Archeology of World Religions|last=Finegan|first=Jack|date=1952|page=219|others=Internet Archive}}</ref> and southern part of India.<ref>{{Cite book|quote=The new doctrine, however, gained royal support from Anoka's grandson Samprati, under whom, as we saw, the first Svetambara mission was sent to the South. Thus, from very early times, both these schools of Jaina thought found representation in the South; but by far the most overwhelming epigraphic and archaeological evidence in the South is of the Digambara sect .|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107404|title=Jainism And Karnataka Culture|last=Sharma|first=S. r|date=1940|page=130}}</ref> He is popularly known as the "Jain Ashoka".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofi00smit|title=The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great|last1=Smith|first1=Vincent Arthur|last2=Edwardes|authorlink2=Stephen Edwardes|quote=Literary tradition of Western India, which also recognises Samprati as the immediate successor of Asoka, eulogizes him as an eminent patron of Jainism, who founded Jain monasteries even in non-aryan countries. Almost all ancient Jain temples or monuments of unknown origin are ascribed by the popular voice to Samprati, who is in fact, regarded as a Jain Asoka.|first2=S. M. (Stephen Meredyth)|page=202|publisher=Oxford : Clarendon Press|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|date=1924 }}</ref>
 ==In literature==
 Around 1100 CE ''Devachandrasuri'' of the ''Purnatalla Gaccha'' told the story of Samprati in his commentary on the ''Textbook on Fundamental Purity (Mulashuddhi Prakarana)'', in a chapter on the virtues of building temples.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=202}} A century later, ''Amradevasuri'' of the ''Brihad Gaccha'' included the story of Samprati in his commentary to the ''Treasury of Stories (Akhyana Manikosha)''.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=202}} In 1204, ''Malayaprabhasuri'', a disciple of ''Manatungasuri'' of the ''Purnima Gaccha'', wrote an extensive [[Prakrit]] commentary on his teacher's ''Deeds of Jayanti (Jayanti Carita)'', in which he included the story of Samprati as an example of the virtue of compassion (Caudhari 1973: 201-2).{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=202}} There are also some anonymous and undated medieval texts devoted solely to the story of Samprati, such as the 461-verse [[Sanskrit]] ''Deeds of King Samprati (Samprati Nripa Charitra)''.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=202}}
+==See also==
+*[[Bindusara]]
+*[[Kharvela]]
 ==Notes==
+===Citations===
 {{reflist}}
-==References==
+===Sources===
-* {{citation |last=Sharma |first=Suresh K. |last2=Sharma |first2=Usha |title=Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Jainism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwsbJgJX84cC&pg=PA271 |date=2004 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-957-7 }}
+* {{citation |last1=Sharma |first1=Suresh K. |last2=Sharma |first2=Usha |title=Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Jainism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwsbJgJX84cC&pg=PA271 |date=2004 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-957-7 }}
 * {{citation |last=Cort |first=John |author-link=John E. Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IF2CAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=2010 |orig-year=1953 |isbn=978-0-19-538502-1 }}
 * {{citation |last=Shah |first=Natubhai |author-link=Natubhai Shah |title=Jainism: The World of Conquerors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC |volume=I |date=2004 |orig-year=First published in 1998 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=81-208-1938-1 |ref={{sfnref|Natubhai Shah|2004}} }}
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Samprati संप्रति
Chakravartin Nripa^[1]

5th Maurya Emperor
Reign	c. 224 – c. 215 BCE
Coronation	224 BCE
Predecessor	Dasharatha Maurya
Successor	Shalishuka Maurya
Crown Prince of Magadha
Predecessor	Kunala
Successor	Unknown

Born	Unknown Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Died	c. 215 BCE Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Issue	Shalishuka Maurya
Dynasty	Maurya
Father	Kunala
Mother	Kanchanamala
Religion	Jainism^[2]^[3]