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{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = [[Acharya]] Shri
| honorific-suffix = Ji Maharaj
| image = Acharya Deshbhushan.png
| alt = Acharya Shri Deshbhushan
| caption = Acharya Shri Deshbhushan ji
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = [[Digambara]]
| birth_name = Balagauda
| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place = [[Kothali, Karnataka]]
| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1987|05|28}} (aged 81)
| death_place = [[Kothali, Karnataka]]
| father = Satyagauda
| mother = Akka Devi
| initiator = Acharya Jaikirti ji
| initiation_place = Kunthalgiri, [[Maharashtra]]
| initiation_date = 1936
| initiated_label = Ascetics initiated
| initiated = Acharya Vidyananda
| successor = Acharya Vidyananda
}}
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'''Acharya Deshbhushan''' ({{langx|hi|आचार्य देशभूषण }}) was a [[Digambara]] Jain Acharya of 20th century who composed and translated many [[Kannad]]a scriptures to Hindi and [[Sanskrit]]. He initiated and elevated several Jain monks and nuns like Shwetpichhi Acharya Vidyananda ji<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/heggade-mourns-passing-away-of-jain-saint-vidyananda-muni-maharaj/articleshow/71245841.cms|title=Heggade mourns passing away of Jain saint Vidyananda Muni Maharaj|date=22 September 2019|first=Jaideep |last=Shenoy |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref> and [[Gyanmati Mataji]]. He is renowned for his remarkable translations of [[Kannada]] scriptures to [[Sanskrit]] and Hindi. He is the first [[Digambara]] Acharya to visit and address the [[Indian Parliament]] in the year 1974 along with the Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].

== Early life ==
Born on Mārgaśirṣa Śukla Pakṣa Pratipat of the year 1905 in Kothli district of [[Belgaum]], [[Karnataka]] in a wealthy landlords family of Sh. Satya Gauda and Akka Devi Patil (Parents), Sh. Bala Gauda Patil (''Balappa'') completed his primary and secondary education in Hindi, English, Marathi and Kannada medium at [[Sadalga]] and Secondary Education at Gilginchi Artal High School, [[Belgaum|Belagavi]] with his best friend Dr. [[A.N. Upadhye]]. Both went on to receive their [[Bachelor of Arts]] with Honours from [[Bombay University]] in Sanskrit and Prakrit languages and later moved to Pune for Post-Graduation and joined [[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]]. At this point while Sh. [[A.N. Upadhye]] decided to join as lecturer of Prakrit at [[Rajaram College]], [[Kolhapur]] to meet up the social and financial obligations. Bala Gauda decided to continue his further research with the help of original references which were kept intact in the custody of Jain Temples where he came in contact with ''Acharya'' Jayakirti and got deeply influenced by his lectures.

== Religious career ==
[[File:Acharya_Deshbhushan_at_Indian_parliament.jpg|thumb|Acharya Deshbhusan (right) with prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] (left) at Indian parliament in 1974]]
[[File:Acharya-Deshbhushan-Parshvakirti.jpg|thumb|Acharya Deshbhusan Parshvakirti]]
[[File:DB-LBS.png|thumb|Acharya Deshbhushan (left) and [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] (right)]]

Influenced by Acharya Jayakirti, Bala Gauda requested him to join his group or Jain [[Sangha (Jainism)|Sangha]]. Looking at his young age and family background Acharya explained to him about the traditional way of learning with the [[Pratima (Jainism)|Pratima]]s or the vows which every student has to practice and follow in order to get associated with them. Observing his determination and zeal towards his quest for the right knowledge as per [[Jain philosophy]] Acharya Jayakirti initiated him as Ailak or individual researcher to be known as ''Ailak'' Deshbhushan in the early 1930s and kept him under observation to be elevated as a Jain Muni. Ultimately, after six years of strict observations under his Jain [[Sangha (Jainism)|Sangha]]. Acharya Jayakirti elevated and initiated him as ''Muni'' Deshbhushan on 8 March 1936 at the famous Kunthalgiri Jain temple in Maharashtra to further research and explore his ultimate quest for the right wisdom.

Entire Jain community unanimously entitled him as Samayaktva Chudamani Acharya Ratna Shri Deshbhushan ji Muni Maharaja on the event of successfully organizing and conducting the [[Mahamastakabhisheka]] at [[Shravanabelagola]] in the year 1981. Entire Jain community around Delhi organized a huge event under the banner of Delhi Jain Samaj and entitled him as Acharya Ratna Deshbhushan ji Muni Maharaja in the year 1961. He was entitled as Acharya Shri Deshbhushan ji Muni Maharaja by Acharya Shri PaayaSagar ji Muni Maharaja under the guidance of Chatuh Sangha in the year 1948 during a huge event organised at Surat in [[Gujarat]]. He was initiated as Shri Deshbhushan ji Muni Maharaja by Acahrya Shri JayaKirti ji Muniraj on 8 March 1936 at Shri Digambra Jain Siddha Kshetra located at Kunthalgiri, Maharashtra.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

He had initiated and elevated some of the most prominent of Jain monks and Nuns including ''Acharya'' Vidyananda and ''Ganini Pramukha Aryika'' [[Gyanmati Mataji]]. He gave the title of ''Upadhyaya'' (Preceptor) to ''Muni'' Vidyananda on 17 November 1974 in Delhi. He further elevated ''Upadhyaya'' Vidyananda to ''Acharya'' (Chief Preceptor) Vidyananda on 28 June 1987.{{sfn|Vijay K Jain|2013|p=xiv}}

Deshbhushan urged for the establishment of ''Chulagiri'' in 1953.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=268}} Acharya Deshbhushan Ayurvedic Medical College, Shamanewadi, Karnataka was inaugurated on 13 June 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lesayurvediccollege.com/ |title=Home |website=lesayurvediccollege.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rguhs.ac.in/senatecorrections2012/eligibleotherthanprofessors.php?ccode=A048 |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081048/http://www.rguhs.ac.in/senatecorrections2012/eligibleotherthanprofessors.php?ccode=A048 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John |authorlink=John E. Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IF2CAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=2010 |orig-year=1953 |isbn=978-0-19-538502-1 }}
* {{citation |editor-last=Jain |editor-first=Vijay K. |title=Ācārya Nemichandra's Dravyasaṃgraha: With Authentic Explanatory Notes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9CJ3jZpcqYC |publisher=[[Vikalp Printers]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-81-903639-5-2 |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K Jain|2013}} }}
* {{URL|http://jinaagamsaar.com/aacharya/deshbhushanc.php|Aacharya Shri 108 Deshbhushan Ji Maharaj}}
* {{URL|https://www.academia.edu/5298015/Passions_of_Nation_and_Community_in_the_Bahubali_Affair|Passions of Nation & Community Bahubali Affair}}

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