Somadeva Suri
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Mukund Lath Somadeva Suri was a south Indian Jain monk of the 10th century AD (fl.
959-66, possibly born in Bengal about 920), author of a work known as Upasakadyayana "chapter on lay followers (upasakas)", a central work of Digambara
shravakacara literature, i.e. instructions and prescriptions for shravakas or Jain followers.
Somadeva Suri also wrote the Nitivakyamrtam " Nectar of the Science of Polity" (ed. Sundaralala Sastri 1976, Menta 1987), a treatise on statecraft. The text of the Nitivakyamrtam mentions that Somadeva was also the author of a literary work called Yashastilaka, now lost.
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959-66, possibly born in Bengal about 920), author of a work known as Upasakadyayana "chapter on lay followers (upasakas)", a central work of Digambara
Digambara
Digambara "sky-clad" is one of the two main sects of Jainism. "Sky-clad" has many different meaning and associations throughout Indian religions. Many representations of deities within these traditions are depicted as sky-clad, e.g. Samantabhadra/Samantabhadrī in Yab-Yum...
shravakacara literature, i.e. instructions and prescriptions for shravakas or Jain followers.
Somadeva Suri also wrote the Nitivakyamrtam " Nectar of the Science of Polity" (ed. Sundaralala Sastri 1976, Menta 1987), a treatise on statecraft. The text of the Nitivakyamrtam mentions that Somadeva was also the author of a literary work called Yashastilaka, now lost.