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Akalanka, the Glossary

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Akalanka (also known as Akalank Deva and Bhatta Akalanka) was a Jain logician whose Sanskrit-language works are seen as landmarks in Indian logic.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Acharya, Anekantavada, Aptamimamsa, Arahanthgiri Jain Math, Śvetāmbara, Digambara, Jainism, Karanthai, Krishna I, Motilal Banarsidass, Rashtrakutas, Routledge, Samantabhadra (Jain monk), Sanskrit, Tattvartha Sutra.

  2. 720 births
  3. 780 deaths
  4. 8th-century Indian Jains
  5. 8th-century Indian mathematicians
  6. 8th-century Indian monks
  7. 8th-century Indian philosophers
  8. 8th-century Jain monks
  9. Digambara
  10. Indian logicians
  11. Jain acharyas

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.

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Anekantavada

(अनेकान्तवाद, "many-sidedness") is the Jain doctrine about metaphysical truths that emerged in ancient India.

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Aptamimamsa

Aptamimamsa (also Devāgamastotra) is a Jain text composed by Acharya Samantabhadra, a Jain acharya said to have lived about the latter part of the second century AD.

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Arahanthgiri Jain Math

Arahanthgiri Jain Math is a Jain Matha that established near Tirumalai in August, 1998.

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Śvetāmbara

The Śvetāmbara (also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara.

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Digambara

Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad).

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Karanthai

Thirupanamoor and Karanthai are twin villages about 19 km from Kanchipuram.

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Krishna I

Krishna I (ಅಕಾಲವರ್ಷ ಶುಭತುಂಗ ಕೃಷ್ಣ) (r. 756 – 774 CE), an uncle of Dantidurga, took charge of the growing Rashtrakuta Empire by defeating the last Badami Chalukya emperor Kirtivarman II in 757.

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Motilal Banarsidass

Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.

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Rashtrakutas

Rashtrakuta (IAST) (r. 753 – 982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Samantabhadra (Jain monk)

Samantabhadra was a Digambara acharya (head of the monastic order) who lived about the later part of the second century CE. Akalanka and Samantabhadra (Jain monk) are Indian Jain monks and Jain acharyas.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Tattvartha Sutra

Tattvārthasūtra, meaning "On the Nature of Reality " (also known as Tattvarth-adhigama-sutra or Moksha-shastra) is an ancient Jain text written by Acharya Umaswami in Sanskrit, sometime between the 2nd- and 5th-century CE.

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See also

720 births

780 deaths

8th-century Indian Jains

8th-century Indian mathematicians

8th-century Indian monks

8th-century Indian philosophers

8th-century Jain monks

Digambara

Indian logicians

Jain acharyas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akalanka

Also known as Akalaṅka.