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and took it to its zenith for which the
Jain tradition remains indebted
for an unend
ing time. The other names known are 1) Devanandi
by which he is 2) Yashakirti
3) Jainendrabuddhi
5) Mahayati 6) Gunanandi etc.
4) Yashonandi
His authentic Bio-data is found in Kannada work, Pujyapada Charitra, by Chandrayya.
According to this work, Pujyapada was born in a small village, Kole, in Karnataka (420 to 490 A. D.) of Brahmin Parents, Shri Madhava Bhatta and Shrimati Shridevi His maternal uncle was Panini, the famous Sanskrit grammarian While Panini was writing the Ashtadhayi he felt that he could not finish that valuable work, SO
⚫ he assigned it
Pujyapada and requested him to complete with a great zeal did it
to
it; and Pujyapada
in
a faithful way!
Pujyapad was one of the greatest figures
in
the history of thought, a
universal genius.
He wrote on a large number
of subjects:
