1. Kshullak Ganeshprasad Varni was one of the foundational figures of the modern Indian Digambara intellectual tradition during the early 20th century.
18 Facts About Ganeshprasad Varni
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Ganeshprasad Varni was the founder of several schools and institutions of advanced learning including Syadvad Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi in 1905, Varanasi and Satark-Sudhataringini Digamber Jain Pathshala, now Ganesh Digamber Jain Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Sagar.
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Ganeshprasad Varni used to live in a Jain neighbourhood and visit the Jain temple near his house in Mandawara.
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Ganeshprasad Varni passed the middle examination at the age of fifteen years.
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Ganeshprasad Varni did not have any aptitude for shop-keeping, his father's profession, and became a school teacher.
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Ganeshprasad Varni developed much affection for him and treated him like her son.
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Ganeshprasad Varni supported his desire of obtaining advanced religious education spiritual development.
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Ganeshprasad Varni studied at Jaipur, Khurja, Bombay, Mathura, Varanasi and other places with great difficulty.
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Ganeshprasad Varni was sometimes turned down by reputed Brahmin teachers.
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Ganeshprasad Varni then studied at Chakauti and Navadweep to acquire the Nyayacharya degree.
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Ganeshprasad Varni received a donation of one rupee from someone.
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Ganeshprasad Varni used it to by sixty-four postcards, and sent them to some potential Jain donors.
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Baba Bhagirath Ganeshprasad Varni served as the superintendent of the institution.
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Ganeshprasad Varni led a simple and aesthetic life and dedicated himself to the study and teaching of Jain philosophy.
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Ganeshprasad Varni took 10th pratima in 1944, and became a kshullak in 1947.
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Ganeshprasad Varni had donated his only wearing apparel, the Chadar, at a public meeting held in connection with Azad Hind Army at Jabalpur in 1945.
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Ganeshprasad Varni took the vows of a Jain Muni with the name Muni 108 Ganeshkirti.
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Ganeshprasad Varni died in his final meditation on 5 December 1961.