Vidyananda was a Digambara logician, scholar and Jain monk in Pataliputra. [1] [2] He was born in 750 AD and died in 800. [3] He wrote Ashtasahasri which is a commentary on Samantabhadra's Devagamastotra. [2] [1] Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned Vidyananda. [1] Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India. [4]
Vidyananda was a Digambara logician, scholar and Jain monk in Pataliputra. [1] [2] He was born in 750 AD and died in 800. [3] He wrote Ashtasahasri which is a commentary on Samantabhadra's Devagamastotra. [2] [1] Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned Vidyananda. [1] Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India. [4]