Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Mṛgarājalakṣmana, also known as Nishānārāyana, was a

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

scholar and writer who belonged to the ''Pancharatra'' Rarhi branch of '' Sandilya'' family of Kanyakubja Brahmins. He is believed to have been summoned from Kanyakubja (

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) to

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by King Ādisūra, who ruled after the

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came to power in the middle of the eleventh century. Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, was a disciple of

Dharmakirti Dharmakīrti (fl. ;), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā.Tom Tillemans (2011)Dharmakirti Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy He was one of the key scholars of epistemology ( pramāṇa) in Buddhist philo ...

with whom he co-authored ''Rupavatara''. Dandin in his ''Avantisundarikatha'' refers to Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa as author of three books but who is more widely known as the author of ''Venisamhara'' that dramatizes in six Acts some incidents from the

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kuru ...

. The construction of this drama may be bad but characterization is vigorous; many violent situations are described in long narrative digressions in poetic but undramatic style, yet there are graces of poetry, power of crude and furious descriptions, of impressive sonorous diction, of vivid depiction of detached scenes and situations, and of vigorous characterization. The Bagchi family of BagchiJamsherpur District Nadia postal code 741122 owes its origin from BhattaNarayana, the name of the this Sanskrit poet figures in their family chronicle which was last updated in 1975 and copies of the printed book is available with some of the families. The chronicle also mentions names of 16 sons of BhattaNarayana and provides details his descendent up to 1975.The

Tagore family The Tagore family ( ) has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and is regarded as one of the key influencers during the Bengali Renaissance. The family has produced several people who have contributed substantially ...

, Nadia Raj and the Jaygopal Tarkalankar family claims their descent from Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa. Here is the 15 decestor taken from 'Barendra Brahmin Bibaran' book by Sri Nagenchandra Bose Vidyabaridhi. Shandilya Gotra Bhattanarayan ↓ Aadi Ganyi Ojha ↓ Jaymaan Bhatta ↓ Harikuj ↓ Vidyapati ↓ Raghupati ↓ Shivacharya ↓ Somacharya ↓ Ugramani ↓ Tapomani ↓ Sindhusagar ↓ Bindusagar ↓ Jayasagar ↓ Pitambar ↓ 1) Sadhu Bagchi, 2) Rudra Bagchi, 3) Lokenath Laheri, are the son of Pitambar. Aadiganyi Ojha is the son of Bhattanarayan.

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