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.
Acharya Shri Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravarty | |
|---|---|
 Image of digambar acharya (head of the monastic order) | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 10th century |
| Died | 10th century |
| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
Life
editNemichandra flourished around 975.[3] He was popularly known as " Nemicandra
Siddhāntacakravartî" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy).[4]
He was the spiritual teacher of 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
editAt 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
editReferences
edit- 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- ^ Jain 2022.
- ^ Jain 2013.
- ^ a b Pingree 1970, p. 55.
- ^ a b c d Sangave 2001, p. 206.
- ^ Tukol, T. K., Jainism in South India
- ^ 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
edit- Orsini, Francesca; Schofield, Katherine Butler, eds. (1981), Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India, Open Book Publishers, ISBN 978-1-78374-105-2
- Pingree, David, ed. (1970). Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit Series A. Vol. 1. American Philosophical Society.
- Sangave, Vilas Adinath (2001), Facets of Jainology: Selected Research Papers on Jain Society, Religion, and Culture, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, ISBN 978-81-7154-839-2
- Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography, Abhinav, ISBN 81-7017-208-X
- Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravartî" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp.1-256.
- Jain, Vijay K. (2022). Ācārya (Muni) Nemicandra’s Dravyasaṃgraha – With Authentic Explanatory Notes आचार्य (मुनि) नेमिचन्द्र विरचित द्रव्यसंग्रह - प्रामाणिक व्याख्या सहित. Dehradun: Vikalp Printers. ISBN 978-93-5737-427-9.
- Jain, Vijay K. (2013). Ācārya Nemichandra's Dravyasaṃgraha आचार्य नेमिचन्द्र विरचित "द्रव्यसंग्रह". Dehradun: Vikalp Printers. ISBN 81-903639-5-6.
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