Balibhadrasuri, Balibhadrasūri, Balibhadra-suri: 1 definition
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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IBalibhadrasūri (बलिभद्रसूरि) is the name of an ancient teacher, according to the “Khimarisi-Balibhadra-Yaśobhadrasūri-carita” (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The work consists of three narrative poems dealing with three connected figures who lived in the 10th c.: Bohā or Khima Ṛṣi took initiation under Yaśobhadrasūri who was also the teacher of Balibhadrasūri. Yaśobhadra was the founder of the saṇḍerakagaccha, a Śvetāmbara monastic order named after the village of Saṇḍerāv in Marwar. He was born in VS 957 and died in VS 1029 or 1039 (depending on the sources). Balibhadra became his successor (JgK 9, pp. 234-235).
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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Partial matches: Balibhadra, Curi, Suri.
Full-text: Balibhadra, Boha, Khima, Sanderaka, Khimarshi, Sanderakagaccha.
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