In short
A contemporary of Acharya Hemachandra, Acharya Vadideva Suri composed a major synthesis of Jain logic and epistemology from a Shwetambar position, engaging closely with the Digambar logical tradition built by Akalanka.
At a glance
- Rank
- Acharya
- Tradition
- Shwetambar
- Era
- 12th century CE
- Key works
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- Pramananayatattvaloka (Syadvadaratnakara)
Contribution
A contemporary of Hemachandra, Vadideva Suri composed a major synthesis of Jain logic and epistemology, engaging closely with the Digambar logical tradition built by Akalanka and Manikyanandi while arguing from a Shwetambar position.
Life
Active in the same 12th-century intellectual milieu as Hemachandra, under the patronage networks of the Chaulukya court.
Legacy
His Syadvadaratnakara stands alongside Hemachandra's work as a high point of Shwetambar scholastic logic.