In short
A leading reformer of the nineteenth century. Invited to the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, he did not travel — monastic discipline does not permit it — and arranged for the scholar Virchand Gandhi to represent Jain teaching there.
At a glance
- Rank
- Acharya
- Tradition
- Shwetambar
- Stream
- Murtipujak
- Era
- 1837–1896
A leading reformer of the nineteenth century. Invited to the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, he did not travel — monastic discipline does not permit it — and arranged for the scholar Virchand Gandhi to represent Jain teaching there.