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newcomer could meet Paksadhara Miśra. Raghunātha Śiromani defeated all the scholars and was introduced to Pakşadhara Miśra from whom he later got vast and deep knowledge of Navya Nyāya.
There is a dispute among the scholars regarding the excellent scholarship of Paksadhara Miśra in the subject of Navya Nyāya. In Pakşatāprakarana of Anumānakhanda (T&a1 प्रकरण अनुमानखंड) of Aloka the declines of samsayapaksata and samsaya-yogyatā-pakşatā (HP9AT, H ered19&A) had been established. They indicate independent brilliant scholarship of the author. Influence of the thought of Paksadhara Miśra on the development of doctrine of sāmānyalaksanā (HIARIA&TUTT) and prāgabhāva (141a) is found even in the later works on Navya
Nyāya.
The time of Paksadhara Miśra is believed to be the 13th century A.D. It is said that the statue of Paksahdara Miśra was erected in front of Navadvipa university in Bengal. This statue was retched by Raghunātha siromani, his student and devotee. (3) Raghunātha siromaņi
Tārkikaśiromani, the jewel of logicians Raghunātha was a native of Bengal. He had lost his father already in his childhood. His mother sent him to the school of Vasudeva Sārvabhauma. Vāsudeva started to teach Raghunātha from the very beginning. Later this child became the greatest logician of India of all the times. During the study years of Raghunātha, Paksadhara Miśra was a very renowned scholar of Navya Nyāya in Mithilā. No opponent could come even close to him in debate. There is as saying in praise of Pakṣadhara stating that there was a similarity between Sankara (Picha) and Vācaspati (aleyfa) but there was no
