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'''Acharya Ravisena''' was a seventh century [[Digambara]] [[Jain monasticism|Jain Acharya]], who wrote ''Padmapurana'' ([[Jain Ramayana]]) in Sanskrit in 678 AD.{{sfn|Das|2005|p=123}}{{sfn|Caillat|Balbir|2008|p=87}} In ''Padmapurana'', he mentions about a ceremony called ''suttakantha'', which means the thread hanging from neck.{{sfn|Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh|2008|p=81}}
'''Acharya Ravisena''' was a seventh century [[Digambara]] [[Jain monasticism|Jain Acharya]], who wrote ''Padmapurana'' ([[Rama in Jainism|Jain Ramayana]]) in Sanskrit in 678 AD.{{sfn|Das|2005|p=123}}{{sfn|Caillat|Balbir|2008|p=87}} In ''Padmapurana'', he mentions about a ceremony called ''suttakantha'', which means the thread hanging from neck.{{sfn|Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh|2008|p=81}}


Ravishena and his Padmapurana has been mentioned in [[Kuvalayamala]] of Udyotana Suri (Vikram 835) and Jinasena in his Harivansha Purana (Vikram 840).<ref>पद्मपुराणम् - खण्ड 1, Pannalal Jain, Bharatiya Jananpitha, 1958, p. 20</ref>
Ravishena and his Padmapurana has been mentioned in [[Kuvalaya-mālā]] of Udyotana Suri (Vikram 835) and Jinasena in his Harivansha Purana (Vikram 840).<ref>पद्मपुराणम् - खण्ड 1, Pannalal Jain, Bharatiya Jananpitha, 1958, p. 20</ref>


Padmapurana is said to follow [[Paumachariya]], although it sometimes departs from it. In the Jain tradition, Rama is a Balabhadra, who is non-violent. According to Padma Purana, Ravana was killed by Lakshmana. After having rules for many years, Rama, became a muni and eventually attained nirvana.<ref>[https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/a-jain-take-on-lakshman-s-death-22910413 A Jain take on Lakshman's death, Devdutt Pattanaik, Mid-Day, 02 August,2020]</ref>
Padmapurana is said to follow ''Paumachariya'', although it sometimes departs from it. In the Jain tradition, Rama is a Balabhadra, who is non-violent. According to Padma Purana, Ravana was killed by Lakshmana. After having rules for many years, Rama, became a muni and eventually attained nirvana.<ref>[https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/a-jain-take-on-lakshman-s-death-22910413 A Jain take on Lakshman's death, Devdutt Pattanaik, Mid-Day, 02 August,2020]</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 13:03, 30 March 2024

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Acharya Ravisena was a seventh century Digambara Jain Acharya, who wrote Padmapurana (Jain Ramayana) in Sanskrit in 678 AD.[1][2] In Padmapurana, he mentions about a ceremony called suttakantha, which means the thread hanging from neck.[3]

Ravishena and his Padmapurana has been mentioned in Kuvalaya-mālā of Udyotana Suri (Vikram 835) and Jinasena in his Harivansha Purana (Vikram 840).[4]

Padmapurana is said to follow Paumachariya, although it sometimes departs from it. In the Jain tradition, Rama is a Balabhadra, who is non-violent. According to Padma Purana, Ravana was killed by Lakshmana. After having rules for many years, Rama, became a muni and eventually attained nirvana.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Das 2005, p. 123.
  2. ^ Caillat & Balbir 2008, p. 87.
  3. ^ Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh 2008, p. 81.
  4. ^ पद्मपुराणम् - खण्ड 1, Pannalal Jain, Bharatiya Jananpitha, 1958, p. 20
  5. ^ A Jain take on Lakshman's death, Devdutt Pattanaik, Mid-Day, 02 August,2020

References

  • Caillat, Colette; Balbir, Nalini (1 January 2008), Jaina Studies, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-3247-3
  • Das, Sisir Kumar (2005), A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From the Courtly to the Popular, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-260-2171-0
  • Dundas, Paul (2002), The Jains (2nd ed.), Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-415-26605-5
  • Daulatram, Pandit, Acharya Ravisena's Padma Purana (in Hindi)
  • Singh, Ram Bhushan Prasad (2008) [1975], Jainism in Early Medieval Karnataka, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-3323-4
  • Media related to Ravisena at Wikimedia Commons