It was believed that he was worshiped by demigods on the account of his vast scholarship and deep piety, and thus, he was named Pujyapada.

[3] Born under the name Devanandi to parents Madhava Bhatta and Shridevi,[4] he was a sadhu Digambara monk, as well as a yogi, mystic, poet, scholar, author and master of several branches of learning.

[3] It is likely that he was the first Jain saint to write not only on religion but also on non-religious subjects, such as ayurveda and Sanskrit grammar.

Acharya Pujyapada, besides being a scholar on Jainism and a mendicant walking in the footsteps of the Jinas, was a grammarian,[9] master of Sanskrit poetics and of ayurveda.

[citation needed] Pujyapada gave the definition of Dāna (charity) as the act of giving one's wealth to another for mutual benefit in Sarvarthasiddhi.