Hemachandra

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Jain monk Jain polymath encyclopedist grammatian historian philosopher poet scholar

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Acharya Hemachandra	1
Hemacandra	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jain monk ⓘ Jain polymath ⓘ encyclopedist ⓘ grammatian ⓘ historian ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Chaulukya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCentury	11th century ⓘ
birthName	Changadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Abhidhāna Chintāmaṇi NERFINISHED ⓘ Deśīnāmamālā NERFINISHED ⓘ Dvyāśraya Mahākāvya NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāsana NERFINISHED ⓘ Triṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-caritra NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogaśāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	court scholar ⓘ teacher ⓘ
patron	Jayasimha Siddharaja NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumarapala NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	Jain ethics and asceticism ⓘ
region	medieval India ⓘ
religion	Jainism ⓘ
roleAtCourt	advisor to King Kumarapala ⓘ
tradition	Śvetāmbara Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kumarapala → advisor → Hemachandra ⓘ

Paisaci Prakrit → describedBy → Hemachandra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hemacandra

Apabhramsha → hasNotableAuthor → Hemachandra ⓘ

Kumarapala → patronOf → Hemachandra ⓘ

Kumarapala → supportedScholar → Hemachandra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acharya Hemachandra