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''Vividha Tirtha Kalpa'' is a widely cited Jain text composed by Jinaprabha Suri in the 14th century CE. It is a compilation of about 60 Kalpas (sections), most of them give the accounts of major Jain Tirthas. ''Vividha Tirtha Kalpa'' is an example of the tirtha-mala texts that are compilations about Jain Tirthas throughout India, ranging from
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of Kundakunda to modern publications. Jinaprabh Suri is said to have written three Jain prayers in Persian.


Author

Jinaprabha Suri lived during the rule of
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. He travelled widely and has left a record of contemporary events as well as oral traditions. He was born in Mohilvadi, Gujarat in the Tambi clan of
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at 23.


Composition time

Some of the Kalpas contain the date of compositions, although most are undated. The dates range from Samvat 1364 ( Vaibhargiri Kalpa) to Samvat 1389.Vividha Tirth kalpa, Jinaprabha Suri, Hindi Translation by Bhanwarlal Nahta, Shri Jain Shvetambar Nakoda Parshvanath Tirtha, 1978 The last section of the book was written in 1332 CE in Delhi during the rule of Muhammad Bin Tuglaq.


Contents

The tirthas mentioned cover regions (as divided by Muni
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): * Gujarat and Kathiawad * Punjab and Uttar Pradesh * Maharashtra * Rajasthan and Malava * Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar * Karnataka and Telangana The description suggests that at that time, while the Svetambara-
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division had become distinct, the tirtha were visited by Jains of both sects. He describes the building and destruction of many temples in recent period.


See also

*
Tirth Pat ''Tirth Pat'' is a religious map and topographical rendering used in Śvētāmbara Jainism religion for representing places of pilgrimage ( Tirtha). Tirth Pat is different than the conventional map making and is not drawn to scale. Tirth Pat is ...
* Jainism in Delhi *
Shatrunjaya Shatrunjaya or Shetrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") originally Pundarikgiri), are hills located by the city of Palitana, in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. They are situated on the banks of the Shetrunji River at an elev ...


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