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    Hemachandra

    12th-century Jain scholar, poet, writer, mathematician and polymath

    Not to be confused with Herachandra.

    For other people named Hemachandra, see Hemachandra (name).

    Hemacandra was a 12th century (c. 1088  – c. 1172/1173 CE) Śvetāmbara Jaina ācārya, scholar, poet, mathematician, philosopher, yogi, grammarian,[1]law theorist,[2][3]historian,[4]lexicographer, rhetorician, logician, and prosodist.[5] Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times" and is also regarded as father of the Gujarati language.

    Born as Caṅgadeva, he was ordained in the Śvetāmbara school of Jainism in 1110 and took the name Somacandra. In 1125 he became an adviser to King Kumārapāla and wrote Arhannīti, a work on politics from Jaina perspective. He also produced Triśaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣacarita (“Deeds of the 63 Illustrious Men”), a Sanskr

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    (a) Hemachandra (i) Ananta
    (b) Jayadeva (ii) Kumarapala
    (c) Kshemendra (iii) Lakshamanasena
    (d) Rajasekhara (iv) Mahendrapala

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    Hemachandra

    • Hemachandra was born in Dhandhuka, in present-day Gujarat.
    • Hemchandra's original given name was Changadeva.
    • During Kumarapala's reign, Gujarat became a center of culture. 
    • Hemachandra became the advisor to Kumarapala. 
    • Kumarapala ( 1143 – 1172 CE) was an Indian king from the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty of Gujarat.
    • He was a disciple of the Jain scholar Hemachandra, and adopted indisk religion towards the end of his reign. Multiple legendary biographies bygd medieval Jain chroniclers present him as the last great royal patron of Jai

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      Acharya Hemachandra

      Acharya Hemchandra was born in 1088 A .D. into the Modha Vanik (merchant) caste, in the town of Dhandhuka, sixty miles from the city Ahmedabad in Gujarat State. His parents were Chachadev and Pahini. When Pahini was pregnant, she had a beautiful dream. She narrated her dream to Acharya Devasuri, who was in Dhandhuka at that time. The acharya said that Pahini was to give birth to a son who would man great progress in the areas of spiritual knowledge, intuition, and conduct. Upon the birth the child was named Changdeva.

      The next time Acharya Devasuri was in Dhandhuka, he saw Pahini carrying her son. He said to Pahini, “Let me take care of this brilliant son. He is destined to be a great spiritual leader.” However, he could not convince her to give him her son. The acharya kept pursuing and reminding that her son would become a famous monk and would glorify the Jain Order. igen, he requested that she

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