Udyotakara
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Udyotakara(orUddyotakara) (c. 6th century CE) was a philosopher of theNyayaschool of Indian philosophy.Subandhu’sVāsavadattāmentioned him as the rescuer of theNyaya.He was abrahminofBharadvajagotraand he belonged to thePashupatasect. His philosophical treatise, theNyāyavārttikawas written to defendPakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana'sNyāyabhāṣyaagainst the criticisms made byDignaga.[1]
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- ^Radhakrishnan, S.Indian Philosophy,Vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006,ISBN978-0-19-563820-2,p.39n