Gautama, an aphorist of the Nyāya (Nyaya) philosophy, is also known as Akṣapāda (Akshapada). Vātsyāyana (Vatsayana), a renowned scholar of the Nyāya philosophy, Udyotakara, the author of Nyāyavārtika (Nyayavartika), and Jayantabhatta, the unparalleled author-poet of Nyāyamaṅjarī (Nyayamanjari) have all identified Akṣapāda as the author of Nyāyasūtra (Nyayasutra). But that Akṣapāda is actually none other than the sage […]
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