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| honorific-prefix = ''Acharya Shri'' 108<br />
| honorific-suffix = ''Ji Maharaj''<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| sect = [[Digambara]]<br />
| birth_date = 22 April 1925<br />
| death_date = 22 September 2019 (Samadhi-maran)<br />
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'''Vidyananda''' was an 8th-century Indian [[Jain monk]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Vidyananda was a ''[[Digambara]]'' Jain logician, scholar and [[monk]] in [[Pataliputra]].{{sfn|Vidyabhusana|2006|p=186}}{{sfn|Nakamura|1983|p=73}} He was born in 750 AD and died in 800.{{sfn|Nakamura|1983|p=88}} [[Madhvacharya]], a Hindu philosopher has mentioned about Vidyananda.{{sfn|Vidyabhusana|2006|p=186}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
He wrote ''Ashtasahasri'' which is a commentary on [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Samantabhadra]]'s ''Devagamastotra''.{{sfn|Nakamura|1983|p=73}}{{sfn|Vidyabhusana|2006|p=186}}<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Another ''digambara'' ''acharya'' with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/heggade-mourns-passing-away-of-jain-saint-vidyananda-muni-maharaj/articleshow/71245841.cms|title=Heggade mourns passing away of Jain saint Vidyananda Muni Maharaj {{!}} Mangaluru News - Times of India|last=Sep 22|first=Jaideep Shenoy {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22|last3=Ist|first3=18:44}}</ref><br />
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* {{citation |last=Nakamura |first=Hajime |author-link=Hajime Nakamura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=asNLliQHDNQC |title=A History of Early Vedānta Philosophy |date=1983 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |volume=2 |edition=First |isbn=9788120806511 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Vidyabhusana |first=Satis Chandra |title=A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lG85RD9YZoC |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |date=2006 |orig-year=1920 |isbn=81-208-0565-8 }}<br />
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