1. Acharya Pujyapada or Pujyapada was a renowned grammarian and acharya belonging to the Digambara tradition of Jains.
10 Facts About Pujyapada
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Pujyapada was said to be the guru of King Durvinita of the Western Ganga dynasty.
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Pujyapada is said to have lived from 510 CE to 600 CE.
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Pujyapada was heavily influenced by the writings of his predecessors like Acharya Kundakunda and Acharya Samantabhadra.
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Pujyapada is rated as being the greatest of the early masters of Jain literature.
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Pujyapada was prominent preceptor, with impeccable pontifical pedigree and spiritual lineage.
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Pujyapada was pontiff of the Nandi sangha, which was a part of the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda.
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Pujyapada was the tenth guru of the pontifical lineage of the Nandi Sangha.
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Acharya Pujyapada, besides being a scholar on Jainism and a mendicant walking in the footsteps of the Jinas, was a grammarian, master of Sanskrit poetics and of ayurveda.
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Pujyapada gave the definition of Dana as the act of giving one's wealth to another for mutual benefit in Sarvarthasiddhi.