Samantabhadra (Jain monk)

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Acharya Samantabhadra
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Digambar acharya
Religion Jainism
Sect Digambara
Personal
Born 2nd century CE
Religious career
Works Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra, Āpta-mīmāṁsā, Jinaśatakam

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Samantabhadra was a Digambara acharya (head of the monastic order) who lived about the later part of the second century A.D.[1][2] He was a great proponent of the Jaina doctrine of Anekantavada. The Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra is the most popular work of Acharya Samantabhadra. Acharya Samantabhadra lived after Acharya Umaswami but before Acharya Pujyapada.

Jain texts

English translation of the Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra (1917) by Champat Rai Jain

Jain texts authored by Acharya Samantabhadra are:[3]

  • Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra[4] (150 verses)- The Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra discusses the conduct of a Śrāvaka (Jain laity) in detail.
  • Gandhahastimahabhasya, a monumental commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra. The Gandhahaslimahahhasya, with the exception of its Manglacharana (salutation to the deity), is extant now.[5] The Manglacharana is known as the 'Devagama stotra' or Āpta-mīmāṁsā.[6]
  • Āpta-mīmāṁsā- A treatise of 114 verses, it discusses the Jaina concept of omniscience and the attributes of the Omniscient.[7]
  • Svayambhustotra- An adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankaras[8] - 143 verses
  • Yuktyanusasana- Sixty-four verses in praise of Tirthankara Vardhamāna Mahāvīra
  • Jinasatakam (Stutividyā)[9](116 verses)- Poetical work written in Sanskrit in praise of twenty-four Jinas.[10]
  • Tattvanusasana
  • Vijayadhavala tika

Disease

Acharya Samantabhadra, in his early stage of asceticism, was attacked with a disease known as bhasmaka (the condition of insatiable hunger).[11] As, digambara monks don't eat more than once in a day, he endured great pain. Ultimately, he sought the permission of his preceptor to undertake the vow of Sallekhana.[12] The preceptor denied the permission and asked him to leave Jain monasticism and get the disease cured.[11] After getting cured he again joined the monastic order and became a great Jain Acharya.[13]

Praise

Acharya Jinasena, in his celebrated work, Ādi purāṇa praises the Acharya Samantabhadra as[14]

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Acharya Samantrabhadra’s glory reigned supreme among all poets, scholars, disputants, and preachers; he was like a jewel on their heads.

References

  1. Dr. Gokulchandra Jain 2015, p. 82.
  2. Jain 1917, p. iv.
  3. Dr. Gokulchandra Jain 2015, p. 84.
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  5. Jain 1917, p. v.
  6. Ghoshal 2002, p. 7.
  7. Jain 2015, p. xvii.
  8. Jain 2015, p. xi.
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  10. Dr. Gokulchandra Jain 2015, p. 92.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Jain 2015, p. xviii.
  12. Long 2013, p. 110.
  13. Jain 2015, p. xx.
  14. Jain 2015, p. xv.

Sources

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