Jinasena

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Jinasena was a prominent Jain monk and scholar of early medieval India, best known for his influential philosophical and religious writings composed under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta dynasty.

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Jinasena canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain monk
Jain scholar
religious writer
associatedWith Karnataka region
Rashtrakuta court
countryOfCitizenship India
era early medieval India
ethnicGroup Indian
floruit 9th century
genre didactic poetry
epic literature
religious literature
hasPartInWork life of Rishabhanatha
lives of Jain Tirthankaras
influenced Jain narrative tradition
later Jain poets
influencedBy earlier Digambara acharyas
languageOfWorkOrName Prakrit
Sanskrit
literaryForm mahākāvya
movement Digambara Jainism
linked to: Digambara Jains
notableWork Harivaṃśa Purāṇa
linked to: Harivamsa

Ādi Purāṇa
linked to: Adi Purana
occupation monk
philosopher
poet
theologian
patron Rashtrakuta dynasty
philosophicalTradition Jain philosophy
linked to: Jainism
religion Jainism
school Digambara monastic tradition
workSubject Jain cosmology
Jain ethics
Tirthankaras

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Adi Purana author Jinasena