Vidyananda was a Digambara logician, scholar and Jain monk in Pataliputra.[1][2] He was born in 750 AD and died in 800.[3] He wrote Ashtasahasri which is a commentary on Samantabhadra's Devagamastotra.[2][1] Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned Vidyananda.[1] Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India.[4]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c Vidyabhusana 2006, p. 186.
- ^ a b Nakamura 1983, p. 73.
- ^ Nakamura 1983, p. 88.
- ^ 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.
Sources
edit- Nakamura, Hajime (1983), A History of Early Vedānta Philosophy, vol. 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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