Uvaṭa

Uvaṭa

Uvaṭa was a commentator of the Vedas He wrote commentaries of the prātiśākhyas, notably on the Rigveda-pratishakhya of Shaunaka. According to Bhimasena's "Sudhasagara-tika", he was a brother of Kaiyata, the author of "Mahavhasyapradipa", and of Rajanka Mammata, [http://www.koausa.org/Vitasta/12a.html] and lived at the court of Bhoja, in the mid 11th century.

Editions:
*M. D. Shastri, Oxford University Press (1922)

ee also

*Sayana
*Mahidhara


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