Pushpadanta (Jain monk)

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Acharya Pushpadanta
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Religion Jainism
Sect Digambara

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Acharya Pushpadanta (1st century CE) was a Digambara Acharya (head of the monastic order). He along with Acharya Bhutabali composed the most sacred Jain text, Satkhandagama.

Legacy

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

Notes

  1. Dundas 2002, p. 65.

References

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