Vidyananda was a Digambara Jain logician, scholar and monk in Pataliputra. He was born in 750 AD and died in 800. Madhvacharya, a Hindu philosopher has mentioned about Vidyananda.
He wrote Ashtasahasri which is a commentary on Samantabhadra's Devagamastotra.
Another digambara acharya with the same name flourished in the 20th-century India
Born - 22 April 1925
Died - 22 Sep 2019 (samadhi maran)