Charitra Chakravarti Pratham Acharya 108 Shri Shantisagar Ji Maharaj | |
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Born | Satgauda 23 July 1872 Yalgud Maharashtra, Bombay Presidency, British India (today in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India) |
Died | 8 September 1955 Kunthalgiri, Bombay State, India | (aged 82–83) (Samadhi-maran)
Cremation place | Kunthalgiri, Maharashtra |
Religion | Jainism |
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Sect | Digambara |
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Successor | Virasagar |
Initiated | Virasagar, Nemisagar |
Initiation | 1919 Yarnal by Devendrakirti |
Initiation | 1915 |
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Acharya Shri Shantisagar Ji (1872–1955) was an Indian Acharya of the Digambara monk faith. He was the first Acharya (preceptor) and a leader of his digamber sect in the 20th century. Shanti Sagar ji revived the teaching and practice of traditional Digambara practices in North India. He was lustrated as a kshullaka into the Sangha (holy order) by Devappa (Devakirti) Swami Ji. He took his ailaka deeksha (religious vows) before an image of the Tirthankara Neminatha. In about 1920, Shantisagar Ji became a full muni (sadhu) of the Digambara. In 1922, at Yarnal village, Belgaum district, Karnataka, he was given the name "Shanti Sagar Ji".