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Jambuswami

Jambuswami
Jambu Swami at 72 Jinalaya, village Koday, Mandvi, Kutch
Venerated inJainism
Genealogy
Avatar birth543 BC
Avatar end449 BC

Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira.[1][2] He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).[1][3] He is believed to be the third and last kevali (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition.[4] He is believed to have attained moksha (liberation) at the age of 84 in Mathura.[1][3][5]

Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from a bandit by him.[2] Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE).[2] Shayyambhava composed Dasavaikalika sutra after studying the fourteen purvas (pre-canonical texts).[2] He was initiated as a Jain monk.[6] He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knowledge in 10 lectures in six months after which the latter died.[7]

Mathura Chaurasi Jain temple (11)

Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and Bhadrabahu (322-243 BCE).[7]

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Citations

  1. ^ a b c Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 39.
  2. ^ a b c d Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 41.
  3. ^ a b Pramansagar 2014, p. 46.
  4. ^ Kshamasagar 2009, p. 132.
  5. ^ "Jain Chaurasi Temple in Mathura, Jain Chaurasi Mandir Address". www.mathuraonline.in. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ Natubhai Shah 2004, pp. 41–42.
  7. ^ a b Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 42.

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