Shantisagar

Acharya Shri Shantisagar Ji (1872–1955) was an Indian monk of the Digambar Jain faith. He was the first Acharya (preceptor) and a leader of his sect in the 20th century. 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) before an image of the Tirthankara Neminatha. In about 1920, Shantisagar Ji became a full muni (monk) of the Digambara sect of Jainism. In 1922, at Yarnal village, Belgaum district, Karnataka, he was given the name "Shanti Sagar Ji".

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Shantisagar
Ji Maharaj
Acharya Shantisagar
Personal
Born
Satgauda

23 July 1872
Died8 September 1955(1955-09-08) (aged 82–83) (Samadhi-maran)
Cremation placeKunthalgiri, Maharashtra
ReligionJainism
Parents
  • Bhimagauda Patil (father)
  • Satyavati (mother)
SectDigambara
Religious career
SuccessorVirasagar
InitiatedVirasagar, Nemisagar
Initiation1919
Yarnal
by Devendrakirti
Initiation1915
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