Puṣpadanta
Person
ID: 109569
Full name: Puṣpadanta
Gender: Male
Activity year: 850 c.
Alternative names: Kusumadaśana
Name in local script: पुष्पदन्त
The author of the Mahimnaḥ-stava is usually identified as (Ācārya) Puṣpadanta. He is identified variously as a divine musician (gandharva) or as an attendant of Śiva (gaṇa). Several śaiva āgama texts are ascribed to a Puṣpadanta.
The Kathāsaritsāgara gives a tale of Śiva’s attendant Puṣpadanta being reborn as the grammarian Vararuci. Jayantabhaṭṭa gives a verse describing this episode in the Nyāyamañjarī.
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