Pushpadanta (Jain monk)

Acharya

Pushpadanta
Acharya; Pushpadanta
Personal
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara

Acharya Pushpadanta (7th century CE) was a Digambara Acharya (head of the monastic order). He along with Acharya Bhutabali composed the most sacred Jain text, Satkhandagama.

Legacy[edit]

Shrut Panchami (scripture fifth) is celebrated by Jains in may every year commemorating Pushpadanta and Bhutabali.^[1]

Notes[edit]

↑ Dundas 2002, p. 65.

References[edit]

Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26606-8

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Ancient	Dharasena Kundakunda Samantabhadra Pushpadanta Bhutabali Vattakera
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