Jayanta was born into a wealthy Gaur Brahmin family. He was a child prodigy, composing a commentary to Panini’s Ashtadhyayi and earned the name Nava-Vrittikara, or new … 展开

God
The discussion of God's Existence is found in part 1 of Nyaya Manjuri. Jayanta adheres to a realist viewpoint of God and the world and defends the … 展开

The Clay Sanskrit Library published a translation of Āgamaḍambara by Csaba Dezső under the title of Much Ado about Religion. 展开

The Agamadambara provides details about Bhatta's political career. He was an adviser to Kashmiri king Sankaravarman. In his position, he played a … 展开

Philosophical works
Jayanta wrote three known treatises on Nyaya philosophy, of which two survive. His first, the Nyayamanjari (A Cluster of Flowers of the Nyaya tree) is a commentary on Nyaya-aphorisms that serves as a critique of … 展开

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