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150 Rupees Shrimad Buddhisagar Surishwarji Maharaj

Issuer Government of India
Year 2024
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Value 150 Rupees
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Obverse lettering भारत INDIA सत्यमेव जयते ₹150
Reverse description A detailed effigy of Jain Acharya Shrimad Buddhisagar Surishwarji Maharajji seated in a meditative posture (padmasana) occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detailing of his robes and ascetic appearance. A bilingual commemorative legend in Devanagari script arcs along the upper periphery. The dates '1874' and '2024' flank the central effigy at mid-field, denoting the birth year and sesquicentennial year respectively. Along the lower periphery, a Latin-script legend reads '150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF JAIN ACHARYA SHRIMAD BUDDHISAGAR SURISHWARJI MAHARAJJI' arranged in two arcing lines.
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Buddhisagar Surishwarji Maharaj was a prominent Jain scholar and reformer of the Sthanakvasi tradition, known particularly for his prolific literary output — he authored over 150 texts on Jain philosophy, ethics, and cosmology in Gujarati and Sanskrit. India's commemorative coin program has issued silver pieces for a wide range of religious figures across Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain traditions, reflecting the government's long-standing practice of using the series to acknowledge figures whose influence remained largely regional or sectarian rather than nationally political.

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