Śrīkaṇṭhapaṇḍita

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ID: 99163
Full name: Śrīkaṇṭhapaṇḍita
Gender: Male
Alternative names: Nīlakaṇṭha Śivācārya, Paramaśaivācāryaśrīkaṇṭhadatta, Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya, Śrīkaṇṭhadattaśivācārya

Raghavan's NCC (22, 92) names this author Śrīkaṇṭhadattaśivācārya. MS Mysore ORI 5480 colophons call him ParamaśaivācāryaśŚrīkaṇṭhadatta. NCC (35, 265) calls him Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya and Nīlakaṇṭha Śivācārya.

As Meulenbeld states, there is no probative evidence to identify this Śrīkaṇṭhapaṇḍita with the Śrīkaṇṭha who was the guru of Vidyāraṇya and others, as is done by P. Hymavathi (1991).

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Last update: 26.09.2020 - 22:56
Suggested citation: Wujastyk D. "Śrīkaṇṭhapaṇḍita." Pandit. <panditproject.org/entity/99163/person>. Updated on September 26, 2020 10:56 pm IST.
Contributors: Dominik Wujastyk