''Acharya'' Dharasena was a '' Digambara monk'' of first century CE.

Biography

''Āchārya'' Dharasena, in first century CE, guided two ''Āchāryas'', ''Āchārya'' Pushpadant and ''Āchārya''

Bhutabali Acharya Bhutabali (7th century CE) was a Digambara monk. He along with Acharya Pushpadanta composed the most sacred Jain text,'' Satkhandagama.''. Legacy ''Shrut Panchami'' (scripture fifth) is celebrated by Jains in may every year commemorati ...

, to put the teachings of Mahavira in the written form. The two ''Āchāryas'' wrote, on palm leaves, '' Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama''- among the oldest known ''Digambara'' Jain texts. Digambara tradition consider him to be the 33rd teacher in succession of

Gautama Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was ...

, 683 years after the ''

nirvana ( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo.' ...

'' of Mahavira.

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