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The senior-most Digambara aryika of our time. She inspired the Jambudweep complex at Hastinapur and the 108-foot Statue of Ahimsa at Mangi-Tungi.
The record
- Name before diksha
- Maina
- Born
- 22 October 1934
- Birthplace
- Tikaitnagar, Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh
- Parents
- Chhotelal and Mohini Devi
- Diksha guru
- Acharya Veersagar (aryika diksha)
- Parampara
- Acharya Shantisagar → Veersagar
- Works and inspiration
- More than 450 publications, including a Sanskrit commentary on the Shatkhandagam and a Hindi translation of the Ashtasahasri
Path of diksha
- 2 October 1952 — Brahmacharya vow from Acharya Deshbhushan, Barabanki
- 1953 — Kshullika diksha
- 1956 — Aryika diksha, Madhorajpura, Rajasthan
Sources: Wikipedia — Gyanmati; DigJainWiki
