Bhuvanakirti, Bhuvanakīrti, Bhuvana-kirti: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

1) Bhuvanakīrti (भुवनकीर्ति) was the teacher of Lābha-udaya: the author of the Dādājīstavana (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.—This work is not dated but Lābha-udaya, pupil of Bhuvanakīrti, from the kharataragaccha, composed works that are dated between VS 1689 and 1701 (Vinayasāgar, KhG Sāhitya Kośa nos. 6098-6122).

2) Bhuvanakīrti (भुवनकीर्ति) is also the author of the Gururājagīta (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain literature).

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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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