biography
pronunciation:
[ganggesha]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1200)
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| biography:
| Indian philosopher, and founder of the Navya-nyaya or new Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy, in Mithila, Bihar. His approach, emphasizing philosophical logic, rather than the knowledge of the external world claimed in the Nyaya philosophy stemming from Gautama, was continued by his son Vardhamana. |
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