Pakshadhara Mishra
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Pakshadhara Mishra, also known as Jayadeva, was a significant figure in the Mithila school of Navya-Nyaya, a sub-school of Indian logic and epistemology that emerged in the 13th century. He was the son of Gangesha Upadhyaya, the founder of Navya-Nyaya, and authored the Aloka, a commentary on his father's foundational text, the Tattvachintamani. Navya-Nyaya developed a sophisticated technical vocabulary and logical framework for analyzing knowledge, focusing on concepts like "qualifiers," "qualificandum," and "relatedness". This system influenced various fields beyond philosophy, including law, poetics, and aesthetics.1
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Indian philosophyThe ultralogical period…members of this school were Pakshadhara Mishra of Mithila, Vasudeva Sarvabhauma (16th century), his disciple Raghunatha Shiromani (both of Bengal), and Gadadhara Bhattacharyya.
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…Vardhamana (Gangesha’s son), Pakshadhara or Jayadeva (author of the Aloka gloss), and Shankara Mishra (author of Upaskara); and the Navadvipa school, whose chief representatives were Vasudeva Sarvabhauma (1450–1525), Raghunatha Shiromani (c. 1475–c. 1550), Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha (flourished c.1570), Jagadisha Tarkalankara
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