Hemachandra
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Hemachandra () was a 12th century Śvetāmbara Jaina ācārya, scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian, law theorist, historian, lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and is also regarded as father of the Gujarati language.
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Hemachandra, also known by the birth name Cangadeva and the native name હેમચંદ્રાચાર્ય, was a male mathematician, historian, philosopher, and writer. He was a practitioner of Jainism and communicated in Gujarati. He was born in Dhandhuka and died in Patan. His works are described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and are held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The author Ray Hemachandra has a work count of 19. His notable works include the Lark Studio Series, 500 cabinets, Chairs, Showcase 500 Art Necklaces, and The Penland book of glass.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Lark Studio Series
- 500 cabinets
- Chairs
- Showcase 500 Art Necklaces
- The Penland book of glass
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,110
- Total plays
- 7,790
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Key facts
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- Drawing of Hemchandra based on Vikram Samvat 1294 palm leaf
- Religious biography.religion
- Jainism
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- Śvētāmbara
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- Acharya Hemchandra Suri
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- Changadeva
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- (see notes)
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- Dhandhuka
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- (see notes)
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- Anhilwad Patan
- Religious biography.parents
- Chachinga, Pahini
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- Somchandra
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- Devchandrasuri
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- Khambhat
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- Suri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Dhandhuka
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Gujarati
- Religion
- Jainism
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- date of birth
- 1088-00-00
- date of death
- 1173-00-00
- Commons category
- Hemchandra
- writing language
- Gujarati
- has works in the collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- હેમચંદ્રાચાર્ય
- birth name
- Cangadeva
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Hemacandra and Siddharaja
- Hemacandra and Kumārapāla
- Death
- Works
- Jain philosophy
- Grammar
- Politics
- Poetry and Poetics
- Lexicography
- Prosody
- Mathematics
- Other works
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Hemachandra () was a 12th century Śvetāmbara Jaina ācārya, scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian, law theorist, historian, lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and is also regarded as father of the Gujarati language.
Born as Caṅgadeva, he was ordained in the Śvetāmbara school of Jainism in 1110 and took the name Somacandra. In 1125 he became an adviser to King Kumārapāla and wrote Arhannīti, a work on politics from Jaina perspective. He also produced Triśaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣacarita (“Deeds of the 63 Illustrious Men”), a Sanskrit epic poem on the history of important figures of Jainism. Later when he was consecrated as ācārya, his name was changed to Hemacandra.
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