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Prem Suri (1884 – 22 May 1968), né Prem Chand, was an Indian ascetic and philosopher of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. He belonged to the Tapa Gaccha sub-sect of the religion.
Acharya Prem Suri | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Prem Chand 1884 Pindwara, Rajasthan, India |
| Died | 22 May 1968 Khambat, Gujarat, India |
| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Śvetāmbara Murtipujaka |
Suri was born in 1884 in the village of Nandia in the Sirohi district in Rajasthan. In 1901, at the age of 17, he was initiated as a Jain monk by Dansuri.
Contributions and Recognition edit
He was a prolific writer, having written such philosophical works on Jainism as in sanskrit he wrote Sankram Karanam[1] in two parts containing four hundred pages in which he made very lucid exposition of the transformation of the karmas. Then he wrote a book named Karmasiddhi[2] in which the existence of karmas was proved logically and authoritatively with the support of excerpts from many ancient works. He compiled the Marganādvāra, a voluminous work on Jainology defining Märganās and other technical words. He edited Karmaprakrti by Sivasarmasuri with the vast commentary of Malayagiri, Acharya Haribhadrasuri's Saddarśanasamuccaya with a very learned and lucid commentary by Gunaratnasuri and other several Sanskrit and Prakrit works on karma doctrine. Acharya Dansuri has given the title of Siddhanta Mahodadhi (Ocean of Principles) because of his profound knowledge on Karma Sahitya in 1935 and made him an Acharya in Radhanpur.[3]
Service and Legacy edit
Premsuri's life was dedicated to the service of Jainism. He travelled more than thirty thousand miles on foot preaching the import- ance of right conduct and initiated more than three hundred disciples.[4] Some of his disciples like Ramchandrasuri, Bhadrankarvijaya, Bhuvanbhanusuri are well-known Jain ascetics all over India.[5]
Premsuri had employed some of his disciples in the research work that would be published in seventeen volumes containing about four lakh verses in Sanskrit. Out of these Khavagasedhi[6] and Thiaibandho[7], each approximately exceeding over twenty thousand verses, were prepared in the year 1966. In recognition of the monumental nature of these works, they were carried on the elephant's back in a long procession like the great Siddha-Hema of Acharya Hemacandra Suri. Premsuri always used to go through the press copies of this great research work personally and revise them even at an age of eightyfive[8]
He died on 22 May 1968 at Khambhat, Gujarat. After his death, his tradition was divided into two schools, led by Ramachandra Suri and Bhuvanbhanu Suri respectively.
Notes edit
- ^ "Book Detail – Jain eLibrary". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Book Detail – Jain eLibrary". Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Jin shasan na zalhalta nakshatro".
- ^ "Shasan Prabhavak Surivaro".
- ^ "Premsuridada (Paramkrupalu Dev) by Chandrashekhar Vijayji Maharaj Saheb". www.yugpradhan.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Khavag Sedhi".
- ^ "Thiaibandho".
- ^ "Acharya Vijaypremsurishwar And His Contribution To Karmavada - Jain Journal 1969 01".
References edit
- Luithle-Hardenberg, Andrea (2010). "The pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya: Refining Shvetambara Identity". In Peter Berger (ed.). The Anthropology of Values: Essays in Honour of Georg Pfeffer. Pearson Education India. p. 336. ISBN 978-81-317-2820-8.
- Shah, Natubhai (2004). Jainism: The World of Conquerors. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2.
- Chandrashekhar Vijay (2004). "Siddhant Mahodadhi Acharya Premsurisvarji"
- Devluk, Nandlal B. (2008). "Jinshasan na Zalhlta Nakshatro". Arihant Prakashan
- Shah, Ramanlal C. (2006). "Prabhavak Sthaviro". Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
- Devluk,Nandlal B. (2010). "Vishwa Ajayabi Jain Shraman". Arihant Prakashan.
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"Sambharana suri prem na" book published in vs 2039.