Hemacandra - Hemacandra (English spelling)

Japanese: ヘーマチャンドラ - へーまちゃんどら(英語表記)Hemacandra
Hemacandra - Hemacandra (English spelling)

Indian Jain religious poet and scholar. Born into a merchant family in Gujarat, western India, he became a Jain believer. He was acquainted with King Jayasimha Siddharāja (reigned c. 1094-c. 1143), and taught the king and his successor, King Kumārapāla (reigned c. 1143-c. 1172), leading Jainism to flourish. He was an erudite scholar and wrote religious works such as the great Sanskrit epic poem Trishastiśalākā Purusha-carita (63 biographies of great men), which was a collection of biographies of Jain saints, its appendix Parishishta Parvan, and the Jain ethical text Yoga Shastra. He also wrote many academic research books on history, dictionaries, grammar, poetry, and rhythm.

[Oya Tanaka May 21, 2018]

[References] | Jainism

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

インドのジャイナ教宗教詩人、学者。西インド、グジャラートの商家に生まれ、ジャイナ教信者となる。ジャヤシンハ・シッダラージャ王Jayasimha Siddharāja(在位1094ころ~1143ころ)の知遇を受け、王とその後継者クマーラパーラ王Kumārapāla(在位1143ころ~1172ころ)を教化し、ジャイナ教を興隆に導いた。博学多識で、サンスクリット語を用いてジャイナ教聖者の伝記を集めた大叙事詩『トリシャスティ・シャラーカー・プルシャ・チャリタ』(63偉人伝)、およびその付録『パリシシュタ・パルバン』、ジャイナ教倫理書『ヨーガ・シャーストラ』などの宗教的著作をなし、また歴史、辞典、文法、詩論、韻律などに関する学術的研究書をも多数残す。

[田中於莵弥 2018年5月21日]

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