Hemachandra

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Hemachandra was a 12th-century Jain polymath, grammarian, and scholar whose works on language, including Apabhramsha, Sanskrit, and Prakrit, were highly influential in medieval India.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hemacandra 3
Hemachandra canonical 3
Acharya Hemachandra 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain monk ⓘ
Jain polymath ⓘ
encyclopedist ⓘ
grammatian ⓘ
historian ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Chaulukya dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Gujarat ⓘ
birthCentury 11th century ⓘ
birthName Changadeva ⓘ
birthYearApprox 1088 ⓘ
centuryActive 12th century ⓘ
contributedTo codification of Jain monastic discipline in Gujarat ⓘ
systematization of Prakrit and Apabhramsha grammar ⓘ
deathYearApprox 1172 ⓘ
field Jain philosophy ⓘ
biography ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
history ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
prosody ⓘ
honorificMeaning omniscient one of the Kali age ⓘ
honorificTitle Kalikalasarvajña ⓘ
influenced Gujarati literary culture ⓘ
later Jain scholarship ⓘ
medieval Indian linguistics ⓘ
knownFor Jain philosophical writings ⓘ
historical and biographical works ⓘ
multi-lingual grammatical treatises ⓘ
works on Apabhramsha ⓘ
works on Prakrit grammar ⓘ
works on Sanskrit grammar ⓘ
languageOfWorks Apabhramsha ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
notableWork Abhidhāna Chintāmaṇi ⓘ
Deśīnāmamālā ⓘ
Dvyāśraya Mahākāvya ⓘ
Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāsana ⓘ
Triṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-caritra ⓘ
Yogaśāstra ⓘ
occupation court scholar ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
patron Jayasimha Siddharaja ⓘ
Kumarapala ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation Jain ethics and asceticism ⓘ
region medieval India ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
roleAtCourt advisor to King Kumarapala ⓘ
tradition Śvetāmbara Jainism ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apabhramsha → hasNotableAuthor → Hemachandra ⓘ
Paisaci Prakrit → describedBy → Hemacandra ⓘ
linked to: Hemachandra
Kumarapala → patronOf → Hemachandra ⓘ
Kumarapala → advisor → Hemachandra ⓘ
Kumarapala → supportedScholar → Acharya Hemachandra ⓘ
linked to: Hemachandra
Trisastisalakapurusacaritra → author → Hemacandra ⓘ
linked to: Hemachandra
Paiśācī → mentionedBy → Hemacandra ⓘ
linked to: Hemachandra