Ganini PramukhaAryika Shri Gyanmati
Personal life
Born	Maina (1934-10-22)22 October 1934 (age 90)[1] Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
Parents	Chotteylal (father) Mohini Devi (mother)
Religious life
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara
Initiation as Brahamcharini	2 October 1952 (Sharad Purnima) Barabanki byAcharya Deshbhushan
Initiation as Chullika	1953 (Chait Krishna ekam)
Religious career
Disciples Aryika Chandanamti
Website	http://jambudweep.org/

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Gyanmati Mataji (Jñānamati) is an IndianJain religious guruAryika (nun) from India.^[2] She is known for being a prolific author and the construction of severalJain temples including the Jambudweep temple complex atHastinapur,Uttar Pradesh,Ayodya Jain^[3][4] and theStatue of Ahimsa atMangi Tungi in Maharashtra.

Gyanmati was born as Maina on 22 October 1934 inTikait Nagar inBarabanki district, Uttar Pradesh,^[5] in a Jain family of Mohini Devi and Chotelal. She was influenced byPadmanandi Panchvinshatika, an ancient Jain scripture gifted by her grandparents on the marriage of her mother. On 2 October 1952, on the day ofSharad Purnima, she was initiated as a Brahmacharini atBarabanki district by theDigambaraJain acharyaDeshbhushan.

Since her early childhood, Gyanmati started learningSanskrit with Katantra style of linguistics or lipi generally referred asAindra School of Grammar. She continued to research and explore with some of the Jain literature like Gommatsar, Ashtasahasri, Tattvartha Vartika (Rajvartika), Moolachar, Triloksar,Samayasāra etc. and soon expertise inHindi,Sanskrit,Prakrit,Kannada,Marathi,Gujarati etc. Deeply into research and learning she frequently consulted senior most Acharyas, Scholars and Jain monks.^[6]

Gyanmati practiced her skills with writing 1008 Mantras of "Sahastranam" which improved her ability.^[how?] She is considered as the first Kshullika or a Jain Sadhvi in history to translate and author several Jain literature, scriptures and manuscripts.^[7]Gyanmati translated Nyaya-Ashtasahasri a renowned Sanskrit scripture, into Hindi in the year 1969 . Since then, she had written and composed more than 450 different publications ranging from auspicious quotes and thoughts to books and volumes. She has written and published 200 major books including the first two^[which?] available in both Hindi and Sanskrit translations.^[6] She has also composed the Sanskrit Teeka (commentary) of the Sutras in form of sixteen books of Shatkhandagam Grantha.^[8][9] She has composed a modern^{[clarification needed]}Rite for the Five Merus.^[10]

• She was awarded honorary degree ofDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Avadh University, Faizabad^[11] on 5 February 1995 for her outstanding contributions in the field ofLiterature.
• Organised International Vice-Chancellors Conference to present and share the facts and findings^{[clarification needed]} and basis of Jainism and its studies atHastinapur on 8 October 1998.^[12]

On the instructions ofShantisagar, she was elevated as to the rank of Aryika by Veersagar on Vaishakh Krishna Dooj of 1956 at Madhorajpura in Rajasthan.^[5]

• She founded the Digambar Jain Institute of Cosmographic Research in 1972 with an aim of constructing a monumental model ofJambudvipa to have better understanding ofJain cosmology. It was inaugurated in 1982 and was named Jambudweep Gyan Jyoti.^{[13][better source needed]}
• Bhagwan Rishabhdev Samavsaran Shrivihar was consecrated after the tour of the whole India in April 1998 at Kevalgyan Kalyanak temple of Deeksha Tirth-Prayag at Delhi.
• The 31 ftStatue of Vasupujya atChampapur, Bhagalpur was built under her guidance. It was consecrated in February–March 2014.
• She was an inspiration behind the 108 ft statue ofRishabhanatha atMangi-Tungi, the tallest Jain statue in the world. This statue holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest Jain idol. The certificate was awarded to Gyanmati, Chandnamati and Ravindrakirti on 6 March 2016.^[14] The Panch Kalyanak Mahotsav was held from 11–17 February 2016.

• Hans Bakker, ed. (1990),The History of Sacred Places in India As Reflected in Traditional Literature: Papers on Pilgrimage in South Asia,BRILL,ISBN 90-04-09318-4
• Cort, John (2010) [1953],Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History,Oxford University Press,ISBN 978-0-19-538502-1
• http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-world-s-tallest-idol-of-jain-teerthankar-lord-rishabhdeva-to-be-sanctified-2176519
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