Jambuswami

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 (liberated) at the age of 84 in Mathura.[1][3][5]

18-foot-tall sculpture of Jambuswami at Mathura Chaurasi

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 initated as a Jain monk.[6] He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knoledge in 10 lectures in six months after which the latter died.[7]

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]

References

Citations

1. Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 39.
2. Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 41.
3. 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. Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 42.

Sources

• Kshamasagar (2009), jain darshan, Maitreesamoh, ISBN 81-7628-017-8
• Pramansagar (2014), jain dharma aur darshan, Nirgranth Foundation, ISBN 81-7483-007-3
• Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors, I, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2