Vācanācārya Jinabhadra Gaṇī Kṣamāśramaṇa | |
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| Born | 520 AD |
| Died | 623 AD |
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Śvetāmbara |
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Jinabhadra orVācanācārya Jinabhadragaṇī Kṣamāśramaṇa wasJain ascetic author ofPrakrit andSanskrit texts.
Jinabhadra (520-623 AD)[1] was aŚvetāmbara Jain monk during sixth-seventh century CE.[2] Not much is known about his life but it seems that he traveled in western parts of India. He belonged toNirvṛttikula branch ofJainism and was head of several monks. He was atVallabhi during the reign ofMaitraka king Shiladitya I in 609 CE (Saka Samvat 531). He had knowledge of Jain canonical texts as well as the other philosophical systems prevalent in India.[3]
He restoredMahāniśītha, a canonical text, inMathura. He wrote several Prakrit texts;Bṛhatsaṅgrahiṇī,Bṛhatkṣetrasamāsa,Viśeṣaṇavatī,Viśeṣāvaśyaka,Dhyānaśataka,Jītakalpa and itsBhashya. Sanskrit commentary onVisheshavashyaka remained unfinished.[3]
Jinabhadra elaborated theDebate with theGanadharas, a work associated with the literature onAvaśyakasūtra which has achieved quasi autonomous status.[2] According to this text, the learned BrahminGautama summoned the gods to a great sacrifice but instead they flew off to hearMahāvīra preaching at his secondsamavasarana near by.[2] In fury, Gautama confronted Mahavīra in debate, as did ten other brahmins in succession, with the fordmaker converting them all by a demonstration, underpinned by his claim to omniscience.[2]
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