Jambuswami

Template:Infobox deity/Wikidata Template:Jainism Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He is believed to be the third and last kevali (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition.Template:Sfn He is believed to have attained moksha (liberated) at the age of 84 in Mathura.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from a bandit by him.Template:Sfn Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE).Template:Sfn Shayyambhava composed Dasavaikalika sutra after studying the fourteen purvas (pre-canonical texts).Template:Sfn He was initiated as a Jain monk.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

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

References

Sources

• [{{{url}}} jain darshan]. Maitreesamoh.
• [{{{url}}} jain dharma aur darshan]. Nirgranth Foundation.
• [[[:Template:Google books]] Jainism: The World of Conquerors]. Motilal Banarsidass(2004).

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