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Only in the colophon of an available manuscript there had been written. So Nyāyalīlāvatīviveka written by Paksadhara Miśra is completed
The other two works of Paksadhara Miśra had been traced in Varanasī (artî). One of them is a commentary in the form of notes on Tattvacintāmani and the other is the commentary on Nyāyasiddhāntadīpa by śaśadhara (ReFHGIAGIY PTSTETT). The Nephew of Paksadhara Miśra named Vāsudeva (वासुदेव) who was also his student had referred to another work named Pramanapallava (प्रमाणपल्लव).
The earlier name of Pakşadhara Miśra was Jayadeva Miśra (hega A). There is aligned that once he was called for a debate and there he presented one of his doctrines for complete forthnight (paksa). After this he was named as Paksadhara. Most of the scholars are of the opinion that Jayadeva who is the author of Candrāloka (Eigirild) was the same person as Paksadhara Miśra. There is a famous legend that Raghunātha siromaņi (रघुनाथ शिरोमणि) after having completed his study on Navya Nyaya from Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma (anyga HIDHTH) in Bengal was still not fully satisfied with his achievement. Having heard about the renowned scholarship of Paksadhara Miśra, Širomani came to Mithilā for further study from Paksadhara Miśra. During that time the gurukul (Th) of Pakşadhara Miśra was very famous. And there were so many scholars there. There was also the restriction for newcomers to see Paksadhara Miśra directly. Usually there were five pandits at the external gate and three pandits used to sit at the internal door. New students first met the scholars at the external gate. Only after the logical debate with them the newcomeras could proceed towards the internal door. Only after defeating the pandits at the internal gate a
