Nemichandra
Acharya Shri Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty | |
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| Nemichandra Image of digambar acharya (head of the monastic order) | |
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| Born | 10th century |
| Died | 10th century |
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
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Nemichandra (fl. c. 975), also known by his epithet Siddhanta Chakravarty, was a Jain acharya from present-day India. He wrote several works including Dravyasamgraha,[1][2] Gommatsāra (Jivakanda and Karmakanda), Trilokasara, Labdhisara and Kshapanasara.
Life
[edit | edit source]Nemichandra flourished around 975.[3] He was popularly known as "Siddhanta-Chakravarti" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy).[4]
He was the spiritual teacher of Chavundaraya (Cāmuṇḍarāya) and their relation is expressed in the 1530 inscription in the enclosure of Padmavati temple, Nagar Taluka, Shimoga district.[4]
Nemichandra supervised the abhisheka (consecration) of the Gommateshwara statue (on 13 March 980).[4][5]
Works
[edit | edit source]At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote Gommatsāra in 10th century,[6] taking the essence of all available works of the great Acharyas.[4] Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine.[6]
He wrote Trilokasara based on the Tiloya Panatti,[7] Labdhisara, Kshapanasara, Pratishthapatha and Pratishthatilaka.[8][9] Abhaya-chandra (c. 1325) wrote a vyakhyana on Nemichandra's Triloka-sara.[10] Indra-vama-deva wrote Trilokya-dipaka based on Nemichandra's Trailokya-sara, for Nemi-deva of the Puravata (or Pragvata) family.[3]
Earlier scholars believed that Dravya-sangraha was also written by him, however, new research reveals that this compendium was written by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhantideva who was contemporary to the Paramara king Bhoja.[11]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravartî" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp. 1–256
- Pingree, David, “Census of Exact Sciences in Sanskrit” American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia A, 5, p. 714 (1995).
Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ Jain 2022.
- ^ Jain 2013.
- ^ a b Pingree 1970, p. 55.
- ^ a b c d Sangave 2001, p. 206.
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- ^ a b Orsini & Schofield 1981, p. 71.
- ^ Shah 1987, p. 239.
- ^ Sangave 2001, p. 205-206.
- ^ Shah 1987, p. 249.
- ^ Pingree 1970, p. 45.
- ^ Sangave 2001, p. 205.
Sources
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- Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravartî" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp. 1–256.
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External links
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