Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s5.7

c32.s5.7

Gaṅgeśa was followed by his son Vardhamāna (<mark>A.D.</mark> 1250), who wrote eight learned works on Nyāya, and by Pakshadhara Misra (<mark>A.D.</mark> 1275) who was so called because he was victorious in a debate of a fortnight (*paksha*). Pakshadhara’s nephew and pupil was the great master Vāsudeva Misra. Another great name in this list of masters is Maheśa Thakkura. His pupil, Raghunandanadāsa Rāya, an accomplished logician, went out on an intellectual *dig-vijaya* (conquest of all quarters) at the instance of Emperor Akbar who, pleased with his performance, made a gift to him of the whole tract of Mithilā which, in turn, the loyal pupil transferred to his guru as his fee for teaching him (*guru-dakshiṇā*). Maheśa Thakkura thus became the founder of the Darbhanga Raj family.