Bhattaraka
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A Bhaṭṭāraka heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions. He is responsible for training scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing endowments, presiding over installation ceremonies and running J
Shravanabelagola is the seat of the bhaṭṭārakas of the Deshiya Gana of the Mula Sangh
Bhattaraka Nayanadi, Khajuraho sculpture, 11th ent., Jain Museum
Bhattarak Mahendrakirti of Rehli giving pravachan (upper right), mural Patnaganj-Rehli, 18th century
Bhattaraka Laxmisena of the Jinakanchi Jain Math
Digambara
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Digambara is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara. The Sanskrit word Digambara means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing n
Bhattaraka
…A Bhaṭṭāraka (Jain Prakrit: भट्टारक; lit. 'holy one') heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions. He is responsible for training scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing endowments, presiding over installation ceremonies and…
Idol of Mahavira at Shri Mahavir Ji Temple, depicting Digambara iconography
Image depicting Acharya Kundakunda
Jain temple painting explaining Anekantavada with Blind men and an elephant
The longest inscription at the site, and the earliest known Tamil-Brāhmī inscription. It records the gift by the Pandya king Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ of a monastery to the senior Jain monk Nanta-siri Kuvaṉ.