Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t12.8

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t12.8

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c6.s5.t12.8

As a result, Kumārila and Śaṅkara displayed an extraordinary knowledge of Buddhist philosophy. Mādhava in his *Śaṅkaradigvijaya* informs that Kumārila accepted initiation in Buddhism in order to study the texts of Buddhist philosophy. He was found out on the occasion when tears started rolling from his eyes hearing the eulogy of *tathāgata* on his demolition of Vedic system.¹²¹ Pt. Baldeva Upadhyaya believes that this teacher was the famous Ācārya Dharmapāla.¹²² Dharmapāla taught at Nālandā during CE 530-61.¹²³

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Śaṅkaradigvijaya — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit