Jinadattasuri

Jinadattasuri was a Jain Apabhramsa poet and monk.

He was born in 1075 and died in 1154.

He was a contemporary of Hemchandra and a disciple of Jinavallabhsuri.

[1] 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.

A diorama in Jain Museum of Madhuban depicting Jindattasuri