Vidyananda (8th-century Jain monk)


Vidyananda was an 8th-century Indian Jain monk.

Life

Vidyananda was a Digambara Jain logician, scholar and monk in Pataliputra. He was born in 750 AD and died in 800. Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned about Vidyananda.

Works

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

Legacy

Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India.

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