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Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa was also called Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa. He lived in the early part of the 18th century. He was the son of Śiva Bhaṭṭa and Satī. The famous Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita[1] was his grandfather.

Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa was a brāhmaṇa from Maharashtra who lived mostly at Śṛṅgaverapura near Allahabad as a protege of a chieftain, Rāma of the Bisena family. His great erudition has been reflected in his various writings, profuse in quantity and excellent in quality. Apart from grammar and poetics he was also an expert in the field of dharmaśāstras. Some of his works are:

  • Several treatises ending with the word ‘Induśekhara’ such as Ācārenduśekhara, Tirthenduśekhara, Prāyaścittenduśekhara and others on the dharmaśāstra subjects
  • Commentaries on the Kuvalayānanda, Rasagañgādhara and other treatises on poetics
  • Paribhāsenduśekhara on grammar
  • Many other books


References[edit]

  1. ↑ He was an author of the monumental work on Sanskrit grammar, the Siddhānta Kaumudi.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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