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Pujyapada
Acharya Pujyapada or Pūjyapāda (464 - 524 CE) was a renowned grammarian and saint belonging to the Digambara tradition of Jains. Since it was believed that he was worshiped by demigods on account of his vast scholarship and deep piety, he was named Pujyapada. He was said to be the guru of King Durvinita of the Western Ganga dynasty.〔"Jaina Antiquary". Volume XVIII.1, pp 13-15.〕
==Biography==
Before initiation as a Jain ascetic, he was known as Devanandi. He was heavily influenced by the writings of his predecessors like Acharya Kundakunda and Acharya Samantabhadra. He is rated as being the greatest of the early masters of Jain literature.〔Page 98, Jain, Jyoti Prasad. ''The Jaina Sources of the History of Ancient India.'' Second, revised edition: 2005.〕 He was prominent preceptor, with impeccable pontifical pedigree and spiritual lineage. He was a great yogi, sublime mystic, brilliant poet, noted scholar, eminent author and master of several branches of learning.〔Page 98, Ibid.〕 He wrote in Sanskrit, in prose as well as verse form.〔Page 98, Ibid.〕 He was pontiff of the Nandi sangha, which was a part of the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was the tenth guru of the pontifical lineage of the Nandi Sangha. He was born in a Brahmin family of Karnataka. His parents were Madhava Bhatta and Shridevi.〔Introduction. Jain, Jaykumar.''Samadhitantra''. First edition, 2006.〕
It is likely that he was the first Jain saint to write not only on religion but also on secular subjects, such as ayurveda and Sanskrit grammar. When one looks at the earlier writers in the Jain tradition, notably Kundakunda and Samantabhadra, one does not find any secular writings. They wrote beautifully on religion and the means to attain liberation. Whereas Acharya Pujyapada, besides being a profound scholar of the Jain religion and a mendicant walking in the footsteps of the Jinas, was a grammarian, master of Sanskrit poetics and of ayurveda.
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