title: Pushpadanta (Jain monk)
text: # Pushpadanta (Jain monk)
  
  Acharya Pushpadanta (7th century CE) was a Digambara Acharya (head of the monastic order). He along with Acharya Bhutabali composed the most sacred Jain text, Satkhandagama.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  Shrut Panchami (scripture fifth) is celebrated by Jains in may every year commemorating Pushpadanta and Bhutabali.
  
  