Prem Suri
Acharya Prem Suri was a Jain Svetambar Murtipujaka Acharya. He belonged to the Tapa Gaccha sub-sect of the religion. After his death, his tradition was divided into two; led by Bhuvan Bhanu Suri and Ramchandrasuri respectively. Bhuvan bhanu suri continued to follow the rituals and tithi of his guru and ramchandrasuri went against his guru and established new samuday which is ram toli which has rituals other than what prem suri followed
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Born | Premchand Pindwada, Rajasthan |
Religion | Jainism |
Sect | Svetambara Murtipujaka |
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Prem Suri was a disciple of the Jain monk Acharya Dansuriji. Along with Vijayanandsuri, Dharma Vijay and Nitin Suri, he reformed the Samvegi monks.[1]
Notes
- Flügel, Peter (2006). "Demographic Trends In Jaina Monasticism". Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and Dialogues. Taylor & Francis. pp. 312–398. ISBN 978-0-203-00853-9.
References
- Luithle-Hardenberg, Andrea (2010). "The pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya: Refining Shvetambara Identity". In Peter Berger (ed.). The Anthropology of Values: Essays in Honour of Georg Pfeffer. Pearson Education India. p. 336. ISBN 978-81-317-2820-8.
- Shah, Natubhai (2004). Jainism: The World of Conquerors. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2.
"Sambharana suri prem na" book published in vs 2039.
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