Shantisagar
Charitra Chakravarti Acharya 108 Shri Shantisagar Ji Maharaj | |
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Photograph taken by Shri Arvind Raoji Doshi (at his age of 15yr), son of Late Shri Raoji Sakharam Doshi, at Kunthalgiri in 1955, during the 22nd day of the Sallekhana period of Acharya Shri 108 Shantisagar Ji Maharaj. | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Satgauda 23 July 1872 Bhoj Karnataka, Mysore Presidency, British India (today in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 18 September 1955 (aged 82–83) (Samadhi-maran) Kunthalgiri, Bombay State, India |
| Cremation place | Kunthalgiri, Maharashtra |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
| Initiation | 1919 Yarnal by Devendrakirti |
| Initiation | 1915 |
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| Successor | Virasagar |
| Initiated | Virasagar, Nemisagar |
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Acharya Shri Shantisagar Ji (1872–1955) was an Indian Acharya of the Digambara monk faith. 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) by Acharya Shri 108 Aadisagar ji (Ankalikar), who was the first acharya of 20th century, after visiting Shri Girnar Ji Siddhkshetra. In about 1920, Shantisagar Ji became a Digambara muni (sadhu). In 1922, at Yarnal village, Belgaum district, Karnataka, he was given the name "Shanti Sagar Ji".