Tarka-saṃgraha
Telugu country (Andhra region); active in Varanasi · 1650
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Annaṃbhaṭṭa
Annaṃbhaṭṭa
1650 CE · Telugu country (Andhra region); active in Varanasi
active 17th century CE (composed Tarka-saṃgraha in the second half of the 17th c.)
Annaṃbhaṭṭa is one of the few figures in this roster with a securely datable career: he was active in the second half of the 17th century CE. His Tarka-saṃgraha, a short manual of the combined Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika system, together with his own commentary the Tarka-saṃgraha-dīpikā, became the standard introductory textbook of Indian logic and is still memorized by students of the tradition. A Telugu Brāhmaṇa associated with the scholarly world of Varanasi, he distilled the categories, means of knowledge, and inference theory of the late 'Navya-Nyāya' tradition into a compact, teachable form.
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Telugu country (Andhra region); active in Varanasi
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Traditional birthplace of Annaṃbhaṭṭa.
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Annaṃbhaṭṭa (17th c.), author of the logic primer Tarka-saṅgraha, came of a Telugu (Tailaṅga) Brahmin family of the Andhra country of south-eastern India and settled in Varanasi (Banaras), the northern centre of Sanskrit learning where he taught. The coordinates here mark Varanasi, his place of activity.
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