Acharya Bhadrabahu (433 B.C. - 357 B.C. ?) was a Jain monk. He is more famously known as a spiritual teacher of Chandragupta Maurya and author of several texts related to Jainism. Some of most important work, he is considered to have authored are Upsargar Stotra and Kalpasutra. JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ... Allegiance: Magadhan Empire Rank: Emperor Succeeded by: Bindusara Maurya Reign: 322 BC-298 BC Place of birth: India Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य; Greek: Sandrakottos) (born c. ... Kalpasutra is a Jain ancient text book containing the biography of the last two Jain Tirthankars, Parshvanath and Mahavira. ...

His brother Varahmihira, was a known vedic scholar of his times. He was a learned scholar of 11 Anga. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bhadrabhau is considered to be last expert of 14 Poorvas, of 12th Anga called as Dristivaad, one of the scriptures of Jainism. Of these, 10 Poorva were passed on to Sthulibhadra, his chief disciple. Bhadrabahu went to Nepal for twelve years for doing the "Mahaprana Sadhana" a tantric exercise. Earliest reference to Angas occurs in Atharava Veda (V.22. ... Tantra (Sanskrit: weave), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. ...

According to the Digambaras, he died after committing Sallekhana. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Legends Associated with Acharya Bhadrabahu

Acharya Bhadrabahu, had a brother named Varahmihir. Both were in same kingdom. When a son was born to the king, Varahmihira declared that he will be living for hundred years but Bhadrabahu declared that he will be living for only seven days and on that king's son will die because of cat. On the eighth day the prince died because of door's anklet falling on his head which had a picture of cat drawn on it. Due to such a humiliation Varahmihira left the kingdom and died after sometime.

According to the story Varahmihira became a Satan (known with some other term in Jainism) and tortured and horrified the Jains and specially disciples and followers of Bhadrabahu. Acharya Bhadrabahu then formed a mantric prayer to 23rd jain tirthankar LORD PARSHVANATH called "the upsarghar stotra" (now known as 'Uvassagaharam Stotra') and called upon Dharnendra ,the divine follower (a "devta") of PARSHVA. As an effect of it, Satan (Varahmihira) was defeated and Jain society was relieved. That mantric prayer is still famous among the Jains and they do chanting of it with due respect and faith. And that prayer had made Bhadrabahu's name immortal among Jain Ascetics. For other uses, see Satan (disambiguation). ...