Acharya Ravisena was a seventh century

Digambara ''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being '' Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing ...

Jain Acharya ''Āchārya'' () means the Head of an order of ascetics. Some of the famous achāryas are Bhadrabahu, Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Umaswami, Sthulibhadra. In Digambara Jainism, ''Āchārya'' has thirty-six primary attributes (''mūla guṇa'') ...

, who wrote ''Padmapurana'' ( Jain Ramayana) in Sanskrit in 678 AD. In ''Padmapurana'', he mentions about a ceremony called ''suttakantha'', which means the thread hanging from neck. Ravishena and his Padmapurana has been mentioned in Kuvalayamala of Udyotana Suri (Vikram 835) and Jinasena in his Harivansha Purana (Vikram 840). Padmapurana is said to follow Paumachariya, although it sometimes departs from it. In the Jain tradition, Rama is a Balabhadra, who is non-violent. According to Padma Purana, Ravana was killed by Lakshmana. After having rules for many years, Rama, became a muni and eventually attained nirvana.A Jain take on Lakshman's death, Devdutt Pattanaik, Mid-Day, 02 August,2020
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