Virasena
Sign in to saveAcharya Virasena (750–825CE), also spelt as Veerasena, was a Jain monk and belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was an Indian mathematician and Jain philosopher and scholar of Digambar sect. He was also known as a famous orator and an accomplished poet. He is renowned for his work on the monumental Jain commentary series on the Shatkhandagama, known as the Dhavala texts. The late Dr. Hiralal Jain places the completion of this treatise in 816. He played a critical role in the development of Digambara scholasticism and is considered one of the greatest Jain scholars of early medieva
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Key facts
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Acharya Shri
- Religious biography.honorific suffix
- Ji Maharaj
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- Virasena
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- Acharya Virasena
- Religious biography.religion
- Jainism
- Religious biography.sect
- Digambara
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 750
- Religious biography.death_date
- 825
- Religious biography.teacher
- Aryanandi
- Religious biography.disciples
- Jinasena, Dasharayaguru, Vinayasena, Shripal, Padmasena, Devasena, Kumudendu Muni
- Religious biography.works
- Dhavala
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Aryanandi
- Religious biography.successor
- Jinasena
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- Life
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- Dhavala and Related Texts
- Mathematics
- Disciples
- Legacy
- See also
- References
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Acharya Virasena (750–825CE), also spelt as Veerasena, was a Jain monk and belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was an Indian mathematician and Jain philosopher and scholar of Digambar sect. He was also known as a famous orator and an accomplished poet. He is renowned for his work on the monumental Jain commentary series on the Shatkhandagama, known as the Dhavala texts. The late Dr. Hiralal Jain places the completion of this treatise in 816. He played a critical role in the development of Digambara scholasticism and is considered one of the greatest Jain scholars of early medieval India.
==Life== Virasena was a disciple of the Jain acharya Aryanandi and flourished during the Rashtrakuta King Dhruva Dharavarsha and Govinda III. He was based in the Deccan region and attracted several prominent disciples, including Jinasena I and Gunasena, later known as Jinasena II.
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