Raghunatha Siromani

• Name — Raghunatha Shiromani • Born — 1477 • Birthplace — Nabadwip, Nadia district, Bengal Sultanate (present-day West Bengal, India) • Place of death — Nabadwip, Bengal Sultanate (present-day West Bengal, India) • Institutions — The Navya Nyāya school • Occupation — Philosopher and logician Head of the Ancient Mithila University • Alma Mater — Ancient Mithila University • Notable Works — Navya Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy • School Tradition — Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy • Era — 13th century - 14th century Raghunatha Shiromani (IAST: Raghunātha Śiromaṇi) (c. 1477–1547) was an Indian philosopher and logician. He was the head (The Chancellor) of the Ancient Mithila University also known as Mithila Vidyapeeth. He was born in a brahmin family at Nabadwip, in the Bengal Sultanate (present-day Nadia district of West Bengal state). He was the grandson of Śulapāṇi (c. 14th century CE), a noted writer on from his mother's side. He was a pupil of Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma. He brought the new school of Nyaya, Navya Nyāya, representing the final development of Indian formal logic, to its zenith of analytic power. Raghunatha's analysis of relations revealed the true nature of number, inseparable from the abstraction of natural phenomena, and his studies of metaphysics dealt with the negation or nonexistence of a complex reality. His most famous work in logic was the Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti, a commentary on the Tattvacintāmaṇi of Gangeśa Upādhyāya, founder of the Navya Nyāya school.