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Acārya Nemicandra, generally known as Nemicandra Siddhānta Cakravarti, was a very eminent Jaina teacher who flourished in the region of the modern Śravanabelgola in Karnatak during the latter half of the 10th century and the first quarter of the 11th century A.D. Belonging to and topping the desiya gana, he was the prcceptor of the great Cāmundarāya and was highly revered by him :
trilokasāra-pramukha. .... ....... bhuvi Nemicandrah vibhāti saiddhāntika-sārvabhaumah Cámundarajarcita-pädapadmah.
(The author of religious works), Trilokasāra and others, Nemicandra, the monarch among those well versed in scriptural knowledge, shines in the world, with his lotuslike feet worshipped by Camundarāja.
Besides his usual instruction to Cāmundarāya in the Jaina tenets,? Acārya Nemicandra also composed some works with the purpose of imparting to this royal lay disciple the important facets of scriptural knowledge as systematically culled from ancient works
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