Short note about Hemchandraacharya
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Acharya Hemachandra was an Indian Jain scholar, poet, and polymath who wrote on grammar, philosophy, prosody, and contemporary history. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title kalikālasarvajña, "the knower of all knowledge in his times".
Born: 1088, Dhandhuka, India
Died: 1173, Patan, India
Initiation: Somchandra; Khambhat; by Devchandrasuri
Sect: Śvētāmbara
Parents: Chachinga, Pahini
Books: The lives of the Jain Elders, Yogaśāstra, Kavyanusasanam, A Handbook on the Three Jewels of Jainism: The Yogaśāstra of Hemacandra, Laghvarhanniti: mula evam vrtti, pathantara, Hindi anuvada, parisistadi sahita.
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Hemchandra acharaya was born in a village named Dhandhuka in the district Ahmedabad in 1145 of the era started by Vikram Aditya.He was given the name Chandradev by his parents. When he was ordained as an acharya of Shvetambar sect of Jainism,he was given the name Hemchandra acharaya . He was a prolific writer and wrote on variety of subjects.