Nemichandra


Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty was the author of Dravyasamgraha, Gommatsāra, Trilokasara, Labdhisara and Kshapanasara. He was among the most distinguished of the Jain Acharyas.

Life

Nemichandra flourished in the 10th century AD. He was popularly known as "Siddhanta-Chakravarti".
He was the spiritual teacher of Chavundaraya and their relation is expressed in the 1530 AD inscription in the enclosure of Padmavati temple, Nagar Taluka, Shimoga district.

Works

At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote Gommatsāra in 10th century AD, taking the essence of all available works of the great Acharyas. Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine. He also supervised the abhisheka of the Gommateshwara statue. Earlier Dravyasangraha was also thought to be written by him, however new research reveals that this compendium was written by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhantidev who was contemporary to King Bhoja of the Parmara dynasty. He also wrote Trilokasara based on the Tiloya Panatti, Labdhisara, Kshapanasara, Pratishthapatha and Pratishthatilaka.

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