Shyama (Jain monk)

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Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I (c.247 BC - 151 BC) was a Jain monk.

Shyama
Personal
Bornc. 247 BC
Diedc. 151 BC
ReligionJainism

Life

Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I lived from c. 247 BC to 151 BC. He composed Prajnapaana Sutra, an encyclopaedia of Jain tenets.[1]

Citations

Sources

  • Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors, vol. I, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1938-1