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. He was the first dadaguru of the Kharataragaccha tradition and won converts in Sindh. After his death at Ajmer, a monument was erected there and the place is known as Dadabari.
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.
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Further reading Jinadatta Sūri. Gaṇadharasārdhaśataka, ed. Gandhi, Three Apabhraṃśa Works.