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Acharya
Pujyapada
The
great Acharya Pujyapada is also called Devanadi. He was a very eminent
scholar of Jaina Philosophy, Logic, Medicine and Literature. Pujyaopada (
one whose feet is adorable) appears to have been a mere title, which is
acquired because forest deities worshipped his feet. He is also called
Jinendra Buddhi on account of his great learning. His most famous
works 'Jinendra-Vyakarna or Grammar of Jinendra - buddhi' is well
known. Pancavasutka, the best commentary on Jinendra is also
supposed to be the work of Pujyapada. Panini Sabdavarta is
another Grammatical work traditionally considered to be a commentary on
Panini grammar by Pujyapada. Vopadeva counts it among the 8
authorities on the Sanskrit grammar. He also wrote Kalyanakarka a treatise
on medicine, long continued to be authority on the the subject. The
treatment it prescribes is entirely, vegetarian and non-alcoholic.
Pujyapada was also a great doctor of medicine. He was not only an
highly learned thinker but was also a great saint, whose scared feet,
celestial beings worshiped with great devotion.
Pujyapada's Sarvatha Siddhi is an elaborate commentary on the
Tathvatha Sutra of Umaswami. This famous work is a compendium of all
aspects of Jaina Religion and Philosophy.
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