Vidyananda

Vidyananda was an 8th-century Indian Jain monk.

Life

Vidyananda was a Digambara Jain logician, scholar and monk in Pataliputra.[1][2] He was born in 750 AD and died in 800.[3] Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned about Vidyananda.[1]

Works

He wrote Ashtasahasri which is a commentary on Samantabhadra's Devagamastotra.[2][1]

Legacy

Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India.[4]

References

Citations

  1. Vidyabhusana 2006, p. 186.
  2. Nakamura 1983, p. 73.
  3. Nakamura 1983, p. 88.
  4. Shenoy, Jaideep (22 September 2019). "Heggade mourns passing away of Jain saint Vidyananda Muni Maharaj | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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