Dharasena

Acharya

Dharasena
Acharya; Dharasena
Personal
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara
Religious career
	Disciples Pushpadanta and Bhutabali;

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Acharya Dharasena was a Digambara monk of first century CE.

Biography[edit]

Āchārya Dharasena, in first century CE, guided two Āchāryas, Āchārya Pushpadant and Āchārya Bhutabali, to put the teachings of Mahavira in the written form.^[1] The two Āchāryas wrote, on palm leaves, Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama- among the oldest known Digambara Jain texts.^[2] Digambara tradition consider him to be the 33rd teacher in succession of Gautama, 683 years after the nirvana of Mahavira.^[3]

Notes[edit]

↑ Jain, Vijay K. (2012). Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya. Vikalp Printers. p. xii. ISBN 81-903639-4-8. Non-Copyright
↑ Dundas 2002, pp. 63–64.
↑ Dundas 2002, p. 79.

References[edit]

Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26605-X

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[1] Jain, Vijay K. (2012). Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya. Vikalp Printers. p. xii. ISBN 81-903639-4-8. Non-Copyright

[FOOTNOTEDundas200263–64-2] Dundas 2002, pp. 63–64.

[FOOTNOTEDundas200279-3] Dundas 2002, p. 79.

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