Prabhācandra

Acharya Prabhācandra
Personal
Born	11th century CE
Died	11th century CE
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara

Prabhācandra (c. 11th century CE) was a Digambara monk,grammarian,biographer, philosopher and author of several philosophical books on Jainism.

Life

Prabhachandra was a Digambara monk 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 Jainism and started worshipping Ajitanatha after conquering Ajmer.

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. It was translated in Hindi by Muni Pranamyasagar
• Śākatāyana-nyāsa.
• Prabhavaka Charita (IAST: Prabhavakacarita): Biographies of Jain monks

References

• Cort, John E., ed. (1998), Open Boundaries: Jain Communities and Cultures in Indian History, SUNY Press, ISBN 0-7914-3785-X
• Soni, Jayandra (2013), "Prabhācandra's Status In The History Of Jaina Philosophy" (PDF), International Journal of Jaina Studies, 9 (8): 1–13, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016, retrieved 16 November 2013
• Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992], The Jains (Second ed.), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26605-X
• Dixit, K. K. (2013) [1971], Jaina Ontology, Ahmedabad: L. D. Institute of Indology
• Jayant P. Thaker, ed. (1970). Laghu-Prabandha-Saṅgraha. Oriental Institute. OCLC 20655908.

Further reading

• Prabhācandra. Nyāyakumudacandra, ed. M. K. Jain, Bombay, 1941.
• Prabhācandra. Prabhāvakacarita, ed. Jinavijaya, Ahmedabad/Calcutta, 1940.