Vidyananda (8th-century Jain monk)

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Vidyananda

Ji Maharaj
Personal
Born22 April 1925
Died22 September 2019 (Samadhi-maran)
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara

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. ^ a b c Vidyabhusana 2006, p. 186.
  2. ^ a b Nakamura 1983, p. 73.
  3. ^ Nakamura 1983, p. 88.
  4. ^ 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)

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