Manatunga

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Acharya Manatunga
Jain Acharya Muni Manatunga riciting Bhaktamara Stotra while being tied up under chains and 48 locks.
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Born	7th century CE
Religion	Jainism

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Acharya Manatunga (c. seventh century CE) was the composer of famous Jain prayer, Bhaktamara Stotra. Acharya Manatunga is said to have composed the Bhaktamara Stotra when he was ordered to be kept in prison for not obeying the orders of King Bhoja to appear in his royal court. He was kept in the prison tied up under chains and 48 locks, and upon chanting the Bhaktamara Stotra all the 48 locks were broken and Acharya Manatunga miraculously came out of the prison.

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Manatunga (c. seventh century CE) was the composer of famous Jain prayer, Bhaktamara Stotra.^[1][2] Acharya Manatunga is said to have composed the Bhaktamara Stotra when he was ordered to be kept in prison for not obeying the orders of King Bhoja to appear in his royal court. He was kept in the prison tied up under chains and 48 locks, and upon chanting the Bhaktamara Stotra all the 48 locks were broken and Acharya Manatunga miraculously came out of the prison after attaining self realization.^{[citation needed]}

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• (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: Realization of the Pure Self, With Hindi and English Translation, , ISBN 978-81-903639-4-5, This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• (2013), Ācārya Nemichandra's Dravyasaṃgraha, , ISBN 9788190363952, This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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