Honorific-Prefix: | Acharya |
Religion: | Jainism |
Sect: | Digambara |
Disciples: | Pushpadanta and Bhutabali |
Acharya Dharasena was a Digambara monk of first century CE.
Āchārya Dharasena, in first century CE, guided two Āchāryas, Āchārya Pushpadant and Āchārya Bhutabali, to put the teachings of Mahavira in the written form.[1] The two Āchāryas wrote, on palm leaves, Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama- among the oldest known Digambara Jain texts. Digambara tradition consider him to be the 33rd teacher in succession of Gautama, 683 years after the nirvana of Mahavira.