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Pushpadanta (Jain monk)

This article is about Jain monk. For ninth Jain tirthankara, see Pushpadanta.

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.

Acharya
Pushpadanta
Personal
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara

Legacy

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Dundas 2002, p. 65.

References

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


 

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