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Muni Shri
Kshamasagar
Ji Maharaj
Personal
Born
Virendra Kumar Singhai

(1957-09-20)20 September 1957
Died13 March 2015(2015-03-13) (aged 57)
ReligionJainism
Parents
  • Jeevan Kumar Singhai (father)
  • Asha Devi (mother)
SectDigambara
Religious career
Initiation20 August 1982 (1982-08-20)
by Acharya Vidyasagar

Muni Kshamasagar was a Digambara monk initiated by Acharya Vidyasagar.[1] He was widely known for his poetry, in addition of several widely read books.

Life

Kshamasagar was born in the city of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on 20 September 1957. His father Virendra Singhai was a nephew of famous Sagar philanthropist Singhai Kundanlal, who was a longtime supporter of Ganesh Varni.[2] He was initiated as a Digambara monk on 20 August 1982 by Acharya Vidyasagar. He did his M. Tech from Sagar University and renounced the worldly life soon afterwards.[3]

He died on 13 March 2015 at 6.00 AM in Moraji Jain temple during his Chaturmas period. More than 50,000 people attended his funeral proceedings.[3][4]

Works

Kshamasagar wrote "In Quest of the Self: The Life Story of Acharya Shri Vidyasagar", a biography of his teacher Āchārya Vidyadagar.[5]

His poems have been collected and published in Hindi and English, including "Pagdandi Suraj Tak" (1992) and "Muni Kshamasagar ki Kavitayen" (1996).[6] "Karam Kaise Karein" is a collection of his discourses.[7] He also wrote "Jain Darshan Paribhashika Kosh".[8]

Notes

  1. ^ क्षमासागर महाराज का समाधिमरण, Pradesh Today, 13 March, 2015
  2. ^ Ganesh Prasad Varni, Meri Jivan Gatha, Part 2, 1977, p.355-356
  3. ^ a b "मुनिश्री क्षमासागर ने ली समाधि, 50 हजार श्रद्धालु हुए शामिल, 50", Patrika, 13 March 2015
  4. ^ "क्षमा सागर महाराज जी का समाधी मरण", Loktej
  5. ^ Kshamasagar (2007), In Quest of Self : The life story of Acharya Shri Vidyasagar, Delhi: Bhartiya Jnanpith, ISBN 81-263-1166-5
  6. ^ वर्णीभवन मोराजी में मुनिश्री क्षमासागर महाराज का समाधिमरण, Patrika, 2015-03-13
  7. ^ Karam Kaise Karein, Muni Kshamsagar, Pub. Maitree Samooh, 2009
  8. ^ Jain Darshan Paribhashika Kosh, Muni Kshamsagar, Gyanodaya Vidyapitha,

Sources