Amritchandra (f. 10th-century CE) was a
Digambara
''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major Jain schools and branches, schools of Jainism, the other being ''Śvetāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic pract ...
Jain Acharya
In Indian religions and society, an ''acharya'' (Sanskrit: आचार्य, IAST: ; Pali: ''ācariya'') is a religious teacher in Hinduism and Buddhism and a spiritual guide to Hindus and Buddhists. The designation has different meanings i ...
who wrote commentaries on
Samayasāra called ''Atmakhyati'' and ''Samaysar Kalasha'',
Pravachanasara and
Pancastikayasara. He also wrote independent books of
Puruşārthasiddhyupāya and
Tattvartha Sara. He wrote in
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
language.
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10th-century Indian writers
Linguists of Sanskrit
Jain acharyas
Year of death unknown
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