Jinabhadra or VÃÂcanÃÂcÃÂrya Jinabhadragaá¹Âë Ká¹£amÃÂà Âramaá¹Âa was Jain ascetic author of Prakrit and Sanskrit texts.
Jinabhadra (520-623 AD) was a à ÂvetÃÂmbara Jain monk during sixth-seventh century CE. Not much is known about his life but it seems that he traveled in western parts of India. He belonged to Nirvá¹Âttikula branch of Jainism and was head of several monks. He was at Vallabhi during the reign of Maitraka king Shiladitya I in 609 CE (Saka Samvat 531). He had knowledge of Jain canonical texts as well as the other philosophical systems prevalent in India.
He restored MahÃÂnià Âëtha, a canonical text, in Mathura. He wrote several Prakrit texts; Bá¹Âhatsaá¹ grahiá¹Âë, Bá¹Âhatká¹£etrasamÃÂsa, Vià Âeá¹£aá¹Âavatë, Vià Âeá¹£ÃÂvaà Âyaka, DhyÃÂnaà Âataka, Jëtakalpa and its Bhashya. Sanskrit commentary on Visheshavashyaka remained unfinished.
Jinabhadra elaborated the Debate with the Ganadharas, a work associated with the literature on Avaà Âyakasà «tra which has achieved quasi autonomous status. According to this text, the learned Brahmin Gautama summoned the gods to a great sacrifice but instead they flew off to hear MahÃÂvëra preaching at his second samavasarana near by. In fury, Gautama confronted Mahavëra in debate, as did ten other brahmins in succession, with the fordmaker converting them all by a demonstration, underpinned by his claim to omniscience.