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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| honorific prefix = Vachanacharya<br />
| honorific_suffix = Gani Kshamashramana<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| sect = [[Svetambara]]<br />
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| birth_date = 520 AD<br />
| death_date = 623 AD<br />
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{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Jinabhadra''' or '''Vachanacharya Jinabhadragani Kshamashramana''' was [[Jain]] ascetic author of [[Prakrit]] and [[Sanskrit]] texts.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Jinabhadra (520-623 AD){{sfn|Umakant P. Shah|1987|p=249}} was a [[Svetambara]] Jain monk during sixth-seventh century CE.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=37}} Not much is known about his life but it seems that he traveled in western parts of India. He belonged to ''Nirvruttikula'' branch of [[Jainism]] and was head of several monks. He was at [[Vallabhi]] during the reign of [[Maitraka]] king Shiladitya I in 609 CE ([[Saka]] Samvat 531). He had knowledge of Jain canonical texts as well as the other philosophical systems prevalent in India.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1258&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Jinaharsha&f=false|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1840–1841}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
He restored ''Mahanishitha'', a canonical text, in [[Mathura]]. He wrote several Prakrit texts; ''Brihatsangrahani'', ''Briharkshetrasamasa'', ''Visheshanavati'', ''Visheshavashyaka Bhashya'', ''Dhyanashataka'', ''Jitkalpa Sutra'' and its [[Bhashya]]. Sanskrit commentary on ''Visheshavashyaka'' remained unfinished.<ref name="Datta1988"/><br />
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Jinabhadra elaborated the ''Debate with the [[Ganadhara]]s'', a work associated with the literature on ''Avasyakasutra'' which has achieved quasi autonomous status.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=37}} According to this text, the learned Brahmin [[Indrabhuti Gautama|Gautama]] summoned the gods to a great sacrifice but instead they flew off to hear [[Mahavira|Mahāvīra]] preaching at his second [[samavasarana]] near by.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=37}} In fury, Gautama confronted Mahavira in debate, as did ten other brahmins in succession, with the fordmaker converting them all by a demonstration, underpinned by his claim to omniscience.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=37}}<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{citation |last=Dundas |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |edition=Second |date=2002 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-26605-X }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Umakant P. |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC |date=1987 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=81-7017-208-X |ref={{sfnref|Umakant P. Shah|1987}} }}<br />
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