1. Acharya Rajendrasuri was a Svetambara Jain monk and reformer of monk traditions of the 19th century.
13 Facts About Rajendrasuri
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Acharya Rajendrasuri was born to businessman Rishabhadas Parakh and Keshardevi.
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Rajendrasuri had 1 sister and 1 brother at Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
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Rajendrasuri was initiated as a Jain yati by Hemavijay at Udaipur on Vaishakh Shukla 5 Vikram Samvat 1904 and given a new name, Ratnavijay.
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Rajendrasuri was the first yati initiated in the 19th century.
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Rajendrasuri led a movement in 1880 to reform yati tradition at Jaora, resulting in near extinction of it.
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Rajendrasuri opposed the luxurious life of the Jain yatis, contradictory to Jain principles of non-possession and non-violence.
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Rajendrasuri established Agama or Samakit Gaccha, later known as Tristutik Gaccha.
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Rajendrasuri restored and reconstructed some Jain temples and consecrated 1023 icons of Tirthankaras.
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Rajendrasuri visited Rajasthan and Malwa where he delivered religious discourses in Malwi, Marwari languages.
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Rajendrasuri opposed worship of other gods and goddesses over the worship of Tirthankars.
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Rajendrasuri died on 21 December 1906 at Mohankheda, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.
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Rajendrasuri compiled the Prakrit dictionary, Abhidhanarajaindrakosa, in seven volumes with 9,200 pages describing 60,000 terms.