Śālikanātha
Śālikanātha was a Mīmāṃsā philosopher (Pūrva Mīmāṃsā) of roughly 800 AD, a follower of Prabhākara (6th century) and an opponent of the Bhāṭṭa school started by Kumārila Bhaṭṭa in the 7th century. Śālikanātha is believed to have written the , which is one of the very few texts available to us to study the Prābhākara school of Pūrva Mīmāṃsā. Śālikanātha also wrote Ṛjuvimalāpañcikā and Dīpaśikhāpañcikā commentaries on Prabhākara.[1]
References[]
- ^ Paolo Visigalli 2014, p. 47.
- Gaṅgānātha Jhā, The Prābhākara School of Pūrva Mīmāmsā, Motilal Banarsidass, 1978.
- K.T. Pandurangi, Prakaraṇapañcikā with an Exposition in English, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, 2004
Categories:
- 8th-century Indian philosophers
- Medieval Sanskrit grammarians
- Indian Sanskrit scholars