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Shyama
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Bornc. 247 BC
Diedc. 151 BC
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Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I (c.247 BC - 151 BC) was a Jain monk.

Life

Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I lived from c. 247 BC to 151 BC. He composed Prajnapaana Sutra, an encyclopaedia of Jain tenets.

Citations

  1. Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 47.

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