Nemichandra
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.
Nemichandra flourished around 975.[1] He was popularly known as " Nemicandra
Siddhāntacakravartî" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy).[2]
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.[2]
Nemichandra supervised the abhisheka (consecration) of the Gommateshwara statue (on 13 March 980).[2][3]
At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote Gommatsāra in 10th century,[4] taking the essence of all available works of the great Acharyas.[2] Gommatasara provides a detailed summary of Digambara doctorine.[4]
He wrote Trilokasara based on the Tiloya Panatti,[5] Labdhisara, Kshapanasara, Pratishthapatha and Pratishthatilaka.[6][7] Abhaya-chandra (c. 1325) wrote a vyakhyana on Nemichandra's Triloka-sara.[8] Indra-vama-deva wrote Trilokya-dipaka based on Nemichandra's Trailokya-sara, for Nemi-deva of the Puravata (or Pragvata) family.[1]
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.[9]
- 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
- Pingree 1970, p. 55.
- Sangave 2001, p. 206.
- Orsini & Schofield 1981, p. 71.
- Sangave 2001, p. 205-206.
- Pingree 1970, p. 45.
- Sangave 2001, p. 205.
Sources
- 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
