In short
Acharya Pujyapada, a grammarian and philosopher also known as Devanandi, wrote the Sarvarthasiddhi — the oldest surviving commentary on Umasvati's Tattvartha Sutra — and a major Sanskrit grammar. His commentary became the template Digambar scholars built on for nearly a thousand years.
At a glance
- Also known as
- Devanandi
- Rank
- Acharya
- Tradition
- Digambar
- Era
- 5th–6th century CE
- Key works
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- Sarvarthasiddhi
- Jainendra Vyakarana (Panchadhyayi)
- Dasabhakti
- Siddhapriyastotra
Contribution
As a grammarian and philosopher, Pujyapada composed the Sarvarthasiddhi, the oldest extant commentary on Umasvati's Tattvartha Sutra, and the Jainendra Vyakarana, a major Sanskrit grammar in two recensions of up to 3,700 aphorisms.
Life
Known by the honorific Pujyapada, his birth name is usually given as Devanandi or Jinendrabuddhi. Inscriptions at Shravanabelagola place him after Samantabhadra, though exact dating is still debated among historians.
Legacy
The Sarvarthasiddhi became the template that later Digambar commentators built their own Tattvartha commentaries against, for close to a thousand years.