Udyotakara (or Uddyotakara) (c. 6th century CE) was a philosopher of the

Nyaya Nyāya (Sanskrit: न्यायः, IAST: nyāyaḥ), literally meaning "justice", "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six orthodox (Āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy. Nyāya's most significant contributions to Indian philosophy ...

school of Indian philosophy. ''Subandhu''’s mentioned him as the rescuer of the ''Nyaya''. He was a

brahmin Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

of ''Bharadvaja''

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and he belonged to the Pashupata sect. His philosophical treatise, the ' was written to defend

Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana was an Indian philosopher, commentator and logician of the Nyaya School. He authored the commentary "Nyāyabhāsya", the first full commentary on the Nyāya Sūtras of Nyāya Sūtras, Gautama (c. 150 CE), which is itse ...

's ' against the criticisms made by Dignaga.Radhakrishnan, S. ''Indian Philosophy'', Vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006, , p.39n

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