Gyanmati

Ganini Pramukha Aryika Shri
Gyanmati
Gyanmati Mataji
Personal
Born
Maina

(1934-10-22) 22 October 1934 (age 90)[1]
ReligionJainism
Parents
  • Chotteylal (father)
  • Mohini Devi (mother)
SectDigambara
Religious career
Disciples
  • Aryika Chandanamti
Initiation as Brahamcharini2 October 1952 (Sharad Purnima)
Barabanki
by Acharya Deshbhushan
Initiation as Chullika1953 (Chait Krishna ekam)
Websitehttp://jambudweep.org/
Initiation as Aryika1956 (Baisakh Krishan dooj)

Gyanmati Mataji (Jñānamati) is an Indian Jain religious guru Aryika (nun) from India.[2] She is known for being a prolific author and the construction of several Jain temples including the Jambudweep temple complex at Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh, Ayodya Jain[3][4] and the Statue of Ahimsa at Mangi Tungi in Maharashtra.

  1. ^ Hans Bakker 1990, p. 182.
  2. ^ Chapple, Christopher Key (14 October 2015), Yoga in Jainism, Ed Christopher Key Chapple, Routledge, 2015, p. 246, Routledge, ISBN 9781317572183
  3. ^ Keul, István (27 March 2015), Asian Religions, Technology and Science, Ed. István Keul, Routledge, 2015, p. 83, Routledge, ISBN 9781317674481
  4. ^ Bakker, Hans (1990), The History of Sacred Places in India As Reflected in Traditional Literature, BRILL, ISBN 9004093184