Vidyananda (8th-century Jain monk)
Acharya Shri 108 Vidyananda Ji Maharaj | |
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| Born | 22 April 1925 |
| Died | 22 September 2019 (Samadhi-maran) |
| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
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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[]
- ^ a b c Vidyabhusana 2006, p. 186.
- ^ a b Nakamura 1983, p. 73.
- ^ Nakamura 1983, p. 88.
- ^ Sep 22, Jaideep Shenoy | TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 18:44. "Heggade mourns passing away of Jain saint Vidyananda Muni Maharaj | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Sources[]
- Nakamura, Hajime (1983), A History of Early Vedānta Philosophy, 2 (First ed.), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 9788120806511
- Vidyabhusana, Satis Chandra (2006) [1920], A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0565-8
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