Pushpadanta (Jain monk)
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7th-century Indian Jain monk
This article is about Jain monk. For ninth Jain tirthankara, see Pushpadanta.
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Acharya Pushpadanta (7th 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
- ^ Dundas 2002, p. 65.
References
- Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26606-8
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