Harisena (Jain monk)

This article is about the Jain monk of tenth century. For other uses, see Harisena (disambiguation).

Harisena
Personal life
Born10th century CE
Died10th century CE
Notable work(s)Brhatkathakosha
Religious life
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara
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Harisena was a tenth century Digambara monk.

He wrote Brhatkathakosha in 932 AD.[1] The text talks about the stupas in Mathura being erected by devas during controversies with Buddhists.[2]

References

  1. ^ Jaini 1991, p. 43.
  2. ^ Umakant Premanand Shah 1987, p. 16.

Sources

  • Jaini, Padmanabh S. (1991), Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-06820-3
  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography, Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-208-X

Further reading

  • Hariṣeṇa. Bṛhatkathākoṣa, ed. A. N. Upadhye, Bombay, 1943.


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