[INDOLOGY] Place of Origin of Mandana and Vacaspati

[Ashok Aklujkar]

The Śāṅkara-vijaya/digvijaya (8.1) texts and (therefore?) at least some modern accounts put Maṇḍana-miśra in Māhiṣmatī / Bihar.  I have not studied the matter in detail. 

For  Vācaspati-miśra, I have heard Mithilā spoken of as his region. However, until the location of King Nṛga mentioned by him in the concluding verses of the Bhāmatī is determined, a definite conclusion does not seem possible. I consider Karṇāṭa(ka) as the best possibility in the present state of our knowledge. See my 2001 article, “The prologue and epilogue verses of Våcaspati-mißra-I." Rivista degli Studi Orientali 73: 105-130, which I had attached to my 15 May post. 

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> On May 21, 2017, at 8:44 PM, Abhinav Anand via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
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> Dear List,
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> Might somebody shed light on the place of origin of Mandana Mishra and Vacaspati Mishra?
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> 
> With sincere regards,
> 
> 
> Abhinav Anand
> PhD Candidate 
> Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
> Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)
> Dhanbad-826004,
> Jharkhand, India.
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> Thanking you,
>  
> With sincere regards,  
>   
> Abhinav Anand
> Ph.D. Candidate 
> Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
> Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)
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> Jharkhand, India.
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