Yashovijaya

Mahopadhya
Yashovijaya
Ji Maharaja
Idol in library of Lodhadham near Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Personal
Born1624
Died1688 (aged 63–64)
ReligionJainism
SectŚvetāmbara

Yashovijaya (IAST: Yaśovijaya, 1624–1688), a seventeenth-century Jain philosopher-monk, was a notable Indian philosopher and logician. He was a thinker, prolific writer and commentator who had a strong and lasting influence on Jainism.[1] He was a disciple of Muni Nayavijaya in the lineage of Jain monk Hiravijaya (belonging to the Tapa Gaccha tradition of Śvetāmbara Jains) who influenced the Mughal Emperor Akbar to give up eating meat.[2] He is also known as Yashovijayji with honorifics like Mahopadhyaya or Upadhyaya or Gani.

  1. ^ Dundas, Paul (2004) p.136
  2. ^ Vashi, Ashish (23 November 2009). "Ahmedabad turned Akbar veggie". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2009.