Hemachandra was born in Dhandhuka, in present-day Gujarat, on Kartika Sud Purnima (the full moon day of Kartika month). His date of birth differs according to sources but 1088 is generally accepted. His father, Chachiga-deva

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At the time, Gujarat was ruled by the Chaulukya dynasty from Anhilavada (Patan). It is not certain when Hemachandra visited Patan for the first time. As Jain monks are mendicants for eight months and stay at one place during Chaturmas, the four monsoon months, he

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According to the Prabhachandra, there was an incident where Siddharaja wanted to kill his nephew Kumarapalabecause it was prophesied that the kingdom would meet its demise at

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A prodigious writer, Hemachandra wrote grammars of Sanskrit and Prakrit, poetry, prosody, lexicons, texts on science and logic and many branches of Indian philosophy. It is said that Hemachandra composed 3.5 crore verses in total, many of which are now lost.

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• List of Indian mathematicians
• Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University

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• As per Dundas, (1089–??)
• As per Datta and Jain World, (1088–1173)
• As per Gujarat Gazetteers, Volume 18, (1087–1174)

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He announced about his death six months in advance and fasted in his last days, a Jain practice called sallekhana. He died at Anhilavad Patan. The year of death differs according to sources but 1173 is generally accepted.

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