Ravisena

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Ravisena
Digambar.jpg
Image of digambar acharya (head of the monastic order)
Official nameAcharya Ravisena
Personal
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara

Acharya Ravisena was a seventh century Digambara Jain Acharya, who wrote Padma Purana (Jain Ramayana) in 678 AD.[1][2]

Notes[edit]

  1. Das 2005, p. 123.
  2. Collete & Balbir 2008, p. 87.

References[edit]

  • Das, Sisir Kumar (2005), A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From the Courtly to the Popular, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-260-2171-0
  • Dundas, Paul (2002), The Jains (2nd ed.), Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-415-26605-5
  • Caillat, Colette; Balbir, Nalini (1 January 2008), Jaina Studies, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-3247-3
  • Daulatram, Pandit, Acharya Ravisena's Padma Purana (in हिन्दी)

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