Nemichandra (

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c. 975), also known by his epithet Siddhanta Chakravarty, was a Jain

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from present-day India. He wrote several works including '' Dravyasamgraha'', '' Gommatsāra'' (''Jivakanda'' and ''Karmakanda''), ''Trilokasara'', ''Labdhisara'' and ''Kshapanasara''.

Life

Nemichandra flourished around 975. He was popularly known as " Nemicandra Siddh ''ā''ntacakravartî" (i.e. the Paramount Lord of the Philosophy). He was the spiritual teacher of ''Cāmuṇḍarāya'' and their relation is expressed in the 1530 inscription in the enclosure of Padmavati temple, Nagar Taluka,

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. Nemichandra supervised the ''abhisheka'' (consecration) of the Gommateshwara statue (on 13 March 980).

Works

At the request of Chavundaraya, Nemichandra wrote '' Gommatsāra'' in 10th century, taking the essence of all available works of the great '' Acharyas''. ''Gommatasara'' provides a detailed summary of ''

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'' doctorine. He wrote ''Trilokasara'' based on the '' Tiloya Panatti'', ''Labdhisara'', ''Kshapanasara'', ''Pratishthapatha'' and ''Pratishthatilaka''. Abhaya-chandra (c. 1325) wrote a ''vyakhyana'' on Nemichandra's ''Triloka-sara''. Indra-vama-deva wrote ''Trilokya-dipaka'' based on Nemichandra's ''Trailokya-sara'', for Nemi-deva of the Puravata (or Pragvata) family. Earlier scholars believed that ''Dravya-sangraha'' was also written by him, however, new research reveals that this compendium was written by Acharya Nemichandra Siddhantideva who was contemporary to the Paramara king

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References

# Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddh ''ā''ntacakravartî" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp. 1–256 # Pingree, David, “Census of Exact Sciences in Sanskrit” American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia A, 5, p. 714 (1995).

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Sources

* * * * * Shrivastava, Omkar Lal (2004) "''On the Mathematical Contribution of Nemicandra Siddh āntacakravartî''" Ph. D. thesis, Baraktullah University, Bhopal, pp. 1–256. * *

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