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A Bhattaraka is the head of traditional Jain institution. They are resposible for traing of scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing the endowments, presiding over the installation ceremonies and running of Jain institutions. Jump to: navigation, search JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ...


Once Bhattarakas were common all over India, but at the present time, they have survived on in south India. Famous bhattaraka seats include:

  • Humbaj seat of Balatakaragana-sarasvati gachchha. The Bhattaraka is named Devendrakirti. This is the original seat of the order which once had branches all north India from Idar in Gujarat to Sammet Sikhar in Jharkhand.
  • Shravanabelgola seat of Desiyagana-Pustaka gachchha. The Bhattaraka is named Charukirti. This is where the siddhanta-granthas were once preserved in the library, before they were moved to Mudabidri
  • Mudabidri also seat of Desiyagana-Pustaka gachchha. The Bhattaraka is named Charukirti. The original manuscripts of the siddhanta-granthas like Dhavala are preserved here.
  • Nandani also seat of Senagana-Pushakara gachchha. The Bhattaraka is named Jinasena. Acharya Shantisagar belonged to this tradition.
  • Jinakanchi bhattaraka is named Lakshmisena who heads the Jains of Tamilnadu.

Bhattaraka seats existed at the following places until recent centuries: Jump to: navigation, search The Bhattaraka seat at Humcha was founded in 8th cent. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mudabidri is known as the Jina Kashi of South India. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jump to: navigation, search An acharya is a prominent guru, teacher and scholar who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit achara, behavior). ...

  • Delhi: place where the Bhattaraka institutionis said to have originated
  • Hissar
  • Jaipur
  • Nagaur
  • Mahavirji
  • Gwalior
  • Chanderi
  • Sonagir
  • Idar
  • Karanja
  • Latur
  • Malkhed

and at sevaral other locations. Jump to: navigation, search This article deals with the city of Delhi. ... Hissar (also spelled Hisar or Hissarya) is a small resort town in Bulgaria, in Plovdiv Region. ... Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Chanderi is a town of historical importance in Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh state in India. ... Latur is both a district and an important city in Maharashtra, India. ...


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Bisapanthis (782 words)
The bhattaraka is peculiar to the Digambaras and stands between the ascetic and the layman.
Bhattarakas probably started as the heads of groups of naked monks when maths, monasteries, were built beside temples from about the fifth century CE.
It was thus on the bhattaraka issue that the Digambaras split into two equal sections, the Bisapanthis who are followers of the bhattarakas and the Terapanthis who do not believe in the bhattarakas.
The Emergence of Kundalpur Tirtha (780 words)
While Bhattaraka Mahendrakirti may not have been the person to discover or rebuild the Kundalpur temple, it does seem that he was responsible for transforming Kundalpur into a major tirtha.
It is possible that Bhattaraka Mahendrakirti was a pupil of this Surendrakirti, who had arrived with his guru but had stayed in Garhakota-Kundalpur area to fill the vacuum created by the decline of the Chanderi bhattarakas.
Further research is needed to identify the predecessor and the successors of Bhattaraka Mahendrakirti with certainty.
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