Rashtrakuta people

Kannada poet

mathematician

Acharya Virasena (750–825CE), also spelt as Veerasena, was a Jain monk and belonged to the lineage of Acharya Kundakunda. He was an Indian mathematician and Jain philosopher and scholar of Digambar sect. He was also known as a famous orator and an accomplished poet. He is renowned for his work on the monumental Jain commentary series on the Shatkhandagama, known as the Dhavala texts. The late Dr. Hiralal Jain places the completion of this treatise in 816. He played a critical role in the development of Digambara scholasticism and is considered one of the greatest Jain scholars of early medieva

Acharya Jinasena (c. 770–850CE) was a prominent Digambar Jain monk, scholar, and religious leader in 8th-century India He is widely known for composing the Adipurana and Mahapurana, considered the foundational texts of Jain Sanskrit literature, and for serving as the royal spiritual advisor to the Rashtrakuta emperor Amoghavarsha. He also finished the Jaidhavala commentary started by his guru Virasena. He is distinct from the earlier Jinasena, the author of Harivamsa Purana, who belonged to the Punnata Sangh, another branch of Digambar Jainism which describes the Jain tradition about Shri Kris

poet