Samantabhadra was a Jain ācārya (head of the monastic order) who lived about the later part of the second century CE.

[4] Samantabhadra, in his early stage of asceticism, was attacked with a disease known as bhasmaka (the condition of insatiable hunger).

[5] As, digambara monks don't eat more than once in a day, he endured great pain.

[7] Samantabhadra affirmed Kundakunda's theory of the two nayas - vyavahāranaya (‘mundane') and niścayanaya (ultimate, omniscient).

[citation needed] Jaina texts authored by Ācārya Samantabhadra include:[9] Jinasena, in his celebrated work, Ādi purāṇa praises the Samantabhadra as[19] Acharya Samantrabhadra’s glory reigned supreme among all poets, scholars, disputants, and preachers; he was like a jewel on their heads.