Prabhācandra (c. 11th century CE) was a

Digambara monk Digambara Sādhu (also ''muni'', ''sādhu'') is a Sādhu in the Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an occupant of the highest limb of the four-fold ''sangha''. They are also called ''Nirgranth'' which means "one without any bonds". Di ...

,grammarian,biographer, philosopher and author of several philosophical books on

Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religions, Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current ...

Life

Prabhachandra was a ''

'' who flourished in 11th century CE. He denied the possibility of any genuine intensity of action, whether good or bad, on the part of women. According to him, Kumarapala converted to

and started worshipping

Ajitanatha Ajitanath (lit. invincible) was the second ''tirthankara'' of the present age, ''avasarpini'' (half time cycle) according to Jainism. He was born to King Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. He was a liberated soul w ...

after conquering

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Works

*''Nyāyakumudacandra'' : A commentary on Akalanka's work ''Laghīyastraya''. *''Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa'' : A commentary on Manikyanandi's work ''Pariksamukha''. *''Tattvārtha-vṛtti-pada-vivaraṇa'' : A commentary on Pūjyapāda’s work ''Sarvārtha-siddhi''. *''Śabdāmbhoja-bhāskara-vṛtti'' : A commentary on Pūjyapāda’s work ''Jainendra-Vyākaraṇa''. *''Pravacanasāra-saroja-bhāskara'' : A commentary on ''Āchārya'' Kundakunda’s

Pravachanasara ''Pravachanasara'', is a text composed by Jain monk, Kundakunda Kundakunda was a Digambara Jain monk and philosopher, who likely lived in the 2nd CE century CE or later. His date of birth is māgha māsa, śukla pakṣa, pañcamī tit ...

. It was translated in Hindi by Muni Pranamyasagar Mitra, A., Sheshadri, K. G., & Jash, A. (2014). Duli Chand Jain. Jain Journal, 2013(2014). *''Śākatāyana-nyāsa''. * '' Prabhavaka Charita'' (

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: ''Prabhavakacarita''): Biographies of Jain monks

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