Apa-deva (IAST: Āpadeva) was a 17th-century Indian scholar, who wrote Mimamsa-nyaya-prakasha, a Sanskrit-language treatise on the purva mimamsa tradition.
Biography
editApadeva probably flourished in early 17th century. He was a great-grandson of Ekanatha, who was likely not same as the 16th-century saint Eknath. His grand-father was also named Apa-deva, and his father was Ananta-deva.[1]
Apadeva followed the Bhatta school of the mimamsa philosophy, and wrote Mimamsa-nyaya-prakasha (IAST: Mīmāṃsā-nyāya-prakāśa; also known as Apadevi), a guidebook for purva mimamsa.[1]
Apadeva's son was named Ananta-deva (like Apadeva's father), and composed Smrti-kaustubha, which is the main source of information about Apadeva.[1] It is not clear if Apadeva's son Ananta is same as Ananta Bakarista, who wrote Nakshatra-sattrahautra. The grandson of Apadeva's son Ananta was also named Ananta-deva (fl. c. 1675), and composed a text on astrology, titled Nakshatra-sattreshti-rayoga or Nakshtreshti-nirupana.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sures Chandra Banerji (1989). A Companion to Sanskrit Literature (Second ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9788120800632.
- ^ David Pingree, ed. (1970). Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit Series A. Vol. 1. American Philosophical Society. p. 41.
External links
edit- Mīmāṃsā Nyāya Prakāśa, English translation by Franklin Edgerton (1929)
- Mīmāṃsā-nyāya-prakāśa, Sanskrit text with commentary by Vasudev Shastri Abhyankar (1937)
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