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, Gommatsāra (Jivakanda and Karmakanda), Trilokasara, Labdhisara and Kshapanasara.

Life

Nemichandra flourished around 975. He was popularly known as "Siddhanta-Chakravarti" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy).

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.

Nemichandra supervised the abhisheka (consecration) of the Gommateshwara statue (on 13 March 980).

Works

At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote Gommatsāra in 10th century, taking the essence of all available works of the great Acharyas. Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctrine.

He wrote Trilokasara based on the Tiloya Panatti, Labdhisara, Kshapanasara, Pratishthapatha and Pratishthatilaka. Abhaya-chandra (c. 1325) wrote a vyakhyana on Nemichandra's Triloka-sara. Indra-vama-deva wrote Trilokya-dipaka based on Nemichandra's Trailokya-sara, for Nemi-deva of the Puravata (or Pragvata) family.

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.

See also

  1. Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravartî" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp.1–256
  2. Pingree, David, “Census of Exact Sciences in Sanskrit” American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia A, 5, p.714 (1995).

Citations

Sources

  • Orsini, Francesca; Schofield, Katherine Butler, eds. (1981), , Open Book Publishers, ISBN978-1-78374-105-2
  • Pingree, David, ed. (1970). . Vol.1. American Philosophical Society.
  • Sangave, Vilas Adinath (2001), , Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, ISBN978-81-7154-839-2
  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), , Abhinav, ISBN81-7017-208-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. ISBN978-93-5737-427-9.
  • Jain, Vijay K. (2013). Ācārya Nemichandra's Dravyasaṃgraha आचार्य नेमिचन्द्र विरचित "द्रव्यसंग्रह". Dehradun: Vikalp Printers. ISBN81-903639-5-6.

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