The University of Nalanda c11.41

The University of Nālandā c11.41

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c11.41

He slowly made his way to Nālandā—the foremost place of learning in Central India—and when Śīlabhadra came to Nālandā⁴, we find him occupying the highest office he could then wish for, namely, the headship of the University.⁵ He was a contemporary of the great Bhartṛhari and wrote the *Śloka* portion of the *Bedavṛtti* in collaboration with him.⁶ He wrote treatises on Etymology, Logic and the Metaphysics of Buddhism,⁷ and the following four books in Sanskrit⁸:

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Vākyapadīya — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit