Virasena
- Acharya Virasena was a Digambara monk, mathematician, and Jain philosopher.
- He was known as a famous orator and accomplished poet, and his most reputed work is the Jain treatise Dhavala.
- Virasena was a noted mathematician, giving derivations for the volume of a frustum and the approximate formula for the circumference of a circle.
- He was proficient in astrology, grammar, logic, mathematics, and prosody.
- Virasena wrote Dhavala, a commentary on the Jain canon Shatakhandagama, and started the work on Jayadhavalaa, which was completed by his disciples.
- He was among the jewels of the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha, and his lineage started with Chandrasena and included six disciples.
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