Jinadattasuri

Jinadattasuri was a Jain Apabhramsa poet and monk.

Jinadattasuri
Memorial footprints of Jinadattasuri installed at Nakoda Parshwanath Jain Tirth
Religious life
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Śvētāmbara

A diorama in Jain Museum of Madhuban depicting Jindattasuri

He was born in 1075 and died in 1154. He was a contemporary of Hemchandra and a disciple of Jinavallabhsuri.^[1]

Works

His Upadesharasayana-rasa (1143) is a didactic poem of 80 verse written in the form of a Rasa. In appreciation of his teacher Jinavallabhsuri, he wrote a didactic poem in 32 verses titled Kalaswarupakulakam in Apabhramsa and Chachchari.^[2][3]