Ravisena
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| honorific-prefix = Acharya
| name = Ravisena
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| religion = Jainism
| sect = Digambara
| official_name = Acharya Ravisena
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Acharya Ravisena was a seventh century Digambara Jain Acharya, who wrote Padmapurana (Jain Ramayana) in Sanskrit in 678 AD.{{sfn|Das|2005|p=123}}{{sfn|Caillat|Balbir|2008|p=87}}
Padmapurana is said to follow Paumachariya, although it sometimes departs from it. In the Jain tradition, Rama is a Balabhadra, who is non-violent. According to Padma Purana, Ravana was killed by Lakshmana. After having rules for many years, Rama, became a muni and eventually attained nirvana.[https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/a-jain-take-on-lakshman-s-death-22910413 A Jain take on Lakshman's death, Devdutt Pattanaik, Mid-Day, 02 August,2020]
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References
- {{citation |last=Caillat |first=Colette |last2=Balbir |first2=Nalini |title=Jaina Studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecKCrO6nLiAC |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |date=1 January 2008 |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-208-3247-3 }}
- {{citation |last=Das |first=Sisir Kumar |title=A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From the Courtly to the Popular |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC3l1AbPM8sC |year=2005 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-2171-0 }}
- {{citation |last=Dundas |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdjNkZoGFCgC |edition=2nd |date=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-26605-5 }}
- {{citation |last=Daulatram |first=Pandit |title=Acharya Ravisena's Padma Purana |url=http://www.jaingranths.com/Manuscript.asp?id=284&i=1 |language=hi }}
- {{citation |last=Singh |first=Ram Bhushan Prasad |title=Jainism in Early Medieval Karnataka |url={{Google books|JtWGm4E4qZIC|plainurl=yes}} |year=2008 |orig-year=1975 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-3323-4 |ref={{sfnref|Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh|2008}} }}
Further reading
- Raviṣeṇa. Padmapurāṇa, ed. P. Jain, 3 vols, Kashi, 1958–9.
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