Philosopher

Akalanka

Overview

Akalaṅka [IAST: Akalaṅka] (also known as Akalaṅkadeva and Bhatta Akalaṅka) was a Jain logician whose Sanskrit-language works are seen as landmarks in Indian logic. He lived from 720 to 780 C. E. and belonged to the Digambara sect of Jainism. His work Aṣṭaśatī, a commentary on Āptamīmaṃsa of Ācārya Samantabhadra deals mainly with Jaina logic. He was a contemporary of Rāṣṭrakūta king Krishna I. He is the author of Tattvārtharājavārtika, a commentary on major Jaina text Tattvārtha Sutra. He greatly contributed to the development of the philosophy of Anekāntavāda and is therefore called the "Master of Jain logic".

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Philosophers who discussed Akalanka

• Anekantavada
• Tattvartha Sutra

Ideas Akalanka discusses

• Jainism
• Acharya
• Sanskrit
• Anekantavada
• Tattvartha Sutra
• Śvetāmbara
• Samantabhadra (Jain monk)
• International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
• Udyotakara
• Aptamimamsa

Place in the tradition

Part of Jain philosophy.

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