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Shri Bhattanarayana

Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Mṛgarājalakṣmana, also known as Nishānārāyana, was a Sanskrit scholar and writer who belonged to the Pancharatra Rarhi branch of Sandilya family of Kanyakubja Brahmins. He is believed to have been summoned from Kanyakubja (Kannauj) to Bengal by King Ādisūra, who ruled after the Pala dynasty came to power in the middle of the eleventh century. Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa was a disciple of Dharmakirti with whom he co-authored Rupavatara.

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Shri Bhattanarayana

Born
8
Died
9

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Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Mṛgarājalakṣmana, also known as Nishānārāyana, was a Sanskrit scholar and writer who belonged to the Pancharatra Rarhi branch of Sandilya family of Kanyakubja Brahmins. He is believed to have been summoned from Kanyakubja (Kannauj) to Bengal by King Ādisūra, who ruled after the Pala dynasty came to power in the middle of the eleventh century. Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa was a disciple of Dharmakirti with whom he co-authored Rupavatara.

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