I read different views on the personality of Pt Vachaspati Misra.As far as Pandit project is concerned it creates utter confusion.I would like to clarify it as I belong to the Mithila region to which Pt.Vachaspati Misra belonged.May be many

Persons of this name but two Vachaspati Misras were famous.Vachaspati I (Senior) certainly flourished in the 9th Century as he wrote the Bhamati comm. on Shankara's(8th cent.)bhasya and Tatparya tika on the Nyayavarttika.Udayanacharya(10th cent.) Wrote Parishuddhi on his Tatparya tika.He wrote on all theistic branches of Indian Philosophy but not a single book on Dharmashastra.

Vachaspati II( Junior) flourished in the 1st half of 15th Century.He was born after the advent of Navya Nyaya and wrote many books on Dharmasastra and also a few books on the Navya Nyaya.For details books may be consulted as under:

1.History of Navya Nyaya in Mithila-D.C.Bhattacharya

2.Sanskrit Vanmaya ka brihat Itihasa-Nyaya

Both available on Archive.org.

Retd. Univ.Professor

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From: Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>

Date: 6/1/19 7:21 PM (GMT+05:30)

To: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com>

Cc: Indology <INDOLOGY@list.indology.info>

Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Vācaspati Miśra

Thanks to Elliot Stern, Isabelle Ratié, and Dominik Wujastyk for confirming that rumors of a single Vācaspatimiśra were indeed "fake news." I must admit that I was not quite aware of the Pandit Project and look forward to exploring it more fully.

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

From: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 10:32:05 PM
To: Matthew Kapstein
Cc: Indology
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Vācaspati Miśra

See also

Professor Dominik Wujastyk

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity

Department of History and Classics

University of Alberta, Canada

South Asia at the U of A:

sas.ualberta.ca

On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 16:52, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear friends,

I seem to recall from my student days that Vācaspati Miśra was often treated as two: Vācaspati Miśra I and Vācaspati Miśra II.

However, it now seems that this doubling has disappeared and he is mostly treated as a single figure.

Can you refer me to any work that explicitly discusses and resolves the issue?

with thanks in advance,

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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