[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s1.28 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.28 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.28 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.28) Turning next to philosophical literature, Vātsyāyana (\*c.\* 350-400), the author of the commentary on the \*Nyāya-sūtras\* of Gautama, is ascribed by tradition to South India. But the first writer on Nyāya definitely known to belong to South India is Varadarāja, the author of \*Tārkikarakṣā\* and of a commentary (\*Bodhini\*) on \*Kusumāñjali\* of Udayana; he lived most probably in the middle of the twelfth century. Aparārka’s commentary on the \*Nyāyasāra\* of Bhāsarvajña can be assigned to about the same date. The author was the Silāhāra ruler of Konkan, better known for his commentary on \*Yājñavalkya-smṛiti\*. Two commentaries were written on \*Tarkabhāṣā\*, one by the famous Mallinātha (thirteenth century) and the other by Chennubhaṭṭa (fourteenth century). The most popular manual of logic, \*Tarkasaṅgraha\* (\*c.\* 1625), and the gloss \*Dīpikā\* on it were the work of Annambhaṭṭa, a native of the Chittoor district who also wrote commentaries on other classics on this subject. - [Previous: c19.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.27) - [Next: c19.s1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.29) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (6) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit - [Tarkasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya_vaisesika.tarkasangraha) — Annaṃbhaṭṭa 1550, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.nyayasara) — Bhāsarvajña, Sanskrit - [Tārkikarakṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa) — Varadarāja, Sanskrit - [Jainatarkabhāṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.jainatarkabhasa) — Yaśovijaya 1650, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.28) · Pramāṇa