title: Shyama (Jain monk)
text: # Shyama (Jain monk)
  
  Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I (c.247 BC - 151 BC) was a Jain monk.
  
  ## Life
  
  Shyamacharya or Kalakacharya I lived from c. 247 BC to 151 BC. He composed Prajnapaana Sutra, an encyclopaedia of Jain tenets.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 47.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors, vol. I, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1938-1
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