Kanji Swami

Kanji Swami
Personal life
Born(1890-04-21)21 April 1890
Umrala, Bhavnagar State, British India
Died28 November 1980(1980-11-28) (aged 90)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Parents
  • Motichand Bhai (father)
  • Ujamba (mother)
Notable work(s)Jain scholar, philosopher and spiritual leader
Religious life
ReligionJainism
SectDigambar

Kanji Swami (1890–1980) was a teacher of Jainism who founded the Kanji Swami Pantha. While ordained in the Sthānakavāsī monastic order of the Shvetambaras, he was deeply influenced by the Samayasāra, attributed to Kundakunda but probably written in stages by multiple authors between 550 and 600 CE to 950-1150 CE, and by Shrimad Rajchandra, and lectured on these teachings for 45 years to comprehensively elaborate on the philosophy described by Kundakunda and others. He was given the title of "Koh-i-Noor of Kathiawar" by the people who were influenced by his religious teachings and philosophy.

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