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Amritchandra

Amritchandra was a Digambara Jain Acharya who wrote commentaries on Samayasāra called Atmakhyati and Samaysar Kalasha, Pravachanasara and Pancastikayasara. He also wrote independent books of Puruşārthasiddhyupāya and Tattvartha Sara. He wrote in Sanskrit language.

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Amritchandra

Personal life
Flourished	10th century CE
Notable work(s)	Puruşārthasiddhyupāya
Religious life
Religion	Jainism

Amritchandra (f. 10th-century CE) was a Digambara Jain Acharya who wrote commentaries on Samayasāra called Atmakhyati and Samaysar Kalasha, Pravachanasara and Pancastikayasara.¹ He also wrote independent books of Puruşārthasiddhyupāya and Tattvartha Sara.² He wrote in Sanskrit language.

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Vijay K Jain 2012, p. xiv.
Finegan 1952, p. 205.

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Finegan, Jack (1952), The archeology of world religions, Princeton University Press
Jain, Vijay K., ed. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: Realization of the Pure Self, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 978-81-903639-4-5, This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.