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 |
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| Hemachandra canonical | 3 |
| Acharya Hemachandra | 1 |
| Hemacandra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Hemachandra Context triple: [Apabhramsha, hasNotableAuthor, Hemachandra]
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Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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Jayadeva
Jayadeva was a 12th-century Indian poet and composer best known for his Sanskrit devotional lyric poem Gita Govinda, celebrating the love of Krishna and Radha.
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Madhavagupta
Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
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Anandavardhana
Anandavardhana was a 9th-century Kashmiri literary theorist best known for formulating the influential dhvani (suggestion) theory of poetics, which reshaped classical Indian aesthetics.
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Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hemachandra Target entity description: 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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A.
Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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B.
Jayadeva
Jayadeva was a 12th-century Indian poet and composer best known for his Sanskrit devotional lyric poem Gita Govinda, celebrating the love of Krishna and Radha.
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C.
Madhavagupta
Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
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D.
Anandavardhana
Anandavardhana was a 9th-century Kashmiri literary theorist best known for formulating the influential dhvani (suggestion) theory of poetics, which reshaped classical Indian aesthetics.
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E.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jain monk
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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
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systematization of Prakrit and Apabhramsha grammar ⓘ |
| deathYearApprox | 1172 ⓘ |
| field |
Jain philosophy
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biography ⓘ grammar ⓘ history ⓘ lexicography ⓘ poetics ⓘ prosody ⓘ |
| honorificMeaning | omniscient one of the Kali age ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Kalikalasarvajña NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gujarati literary culture
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later Jain scholarship ⓘ medieval Indian linguistics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jain philosophical writings
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historical and biographical works ⓘ multi-lingual grammatical treatises ⓘ works on Apabhramsha ⓘ works on Prakrit grammar ⓘ works on Sanskrit grammar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks |
Apabhramsha
NERFINISHED
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Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abhidhāna Chintāmaṇi
NERFINISHED
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Deśīnāmamālā NERFINISHED ⓘ Dvyāśraya Mahākāvya NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāsana NERFINISHED ⓘ Triṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-caritra NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogaśāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
court scholar
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teacher ⓘ |
| patron |
Jayasimha Siddharaja
NERFINISHED
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Kumarapala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | Jain ethics and asceticism ⓘ |
| region | medieval India ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| roleAtCourt | advisor to King Kumarapala ⓘ |
| tradition | Śvetāmbara Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Hemachandra Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
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