Vidyananda (8th-century Jain monk)

This article is about 8th-century Indian Jain monk. For 21st-century Indian Jain monk, see Vidyananda.
Acharya Shri 108 Vidyananda Ji Maharaj
Religion Jainism
Sect Digambara
Personal
Born 750 AD
Died

800 (aged 49–50)

Vidyananda was an 8th-century Indian Jain monk.

Life

Vidyananda was a Jain scholar and monk.[1] He was born in 750 AD and died in 800.[2]

Works

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nakamura 1983, p. 73.
  2. ↑ Nakamura 1983, p. 88.

References


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