Indian Philosophy v2.c24.s2.39

v2.c24.s2.39

³ Subandhu’s Vāsavadattā refers to Uddyotakara as the rescuer of the Nyāya (see Hall’s edition, p. 235). Bāṇa’s Harṣacarita, written during the time of King Harṣa, who reigned in Thanesvar, at any rate during the years from A.D. 629–644, when the Chinese pilgrim Yuan Chwang travelled through India, mentions Vāsavadattā (i), which refers to Uddyotakara. It is therefore safe to assume that he belonged to the sixth century A.D. Uddyotakara is a Bhāradvāja by gotra and a Pāśupata by sect.