Prabhācandra Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Acharya
Religion:	Jainism
Sect:	Digambara
Birth Date:	11th century CE
Death Date:	11th century CE

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 ^[1]
• Śākatāyana-nyāsa.
• Prabhavaka Charita (IAST: Prabhavakacarita): Biographies of Jain monks

References

• • • • • Book: Jayant P. Thaker . Laghu-Prabandha-Saṅgraha . 1970 . Oriental Institute . 20655908 .

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Mitra, A., Sheshadri, K. G., & Jash, A. (2014). Duli Chand Jain. Jain Journal, 2013(2014).