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Sāyaṇa

1400 - 1387

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Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa, also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of peninsular India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Vedas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sāyaṇa has received more than 43,041 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sāyaṇa is the 4,449th most popular writer.

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  • 15

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  • 2.95

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  • 2.22

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Notable Works

Vedabhāṣyabhūmikāsaṅgrahaḥ
Criticism, interpretation, Vedas
1985
Mādhavīyadhātuvr̥ttiḥ
Roots, Sanskrit language
Commentary on Dhātupāṭha, aphorisms of Sanskrit verbal roots (dhātu), by Pāṇini.
1984
R̥gvedabhāṣyabhūmikā
Commentaries, Criticism, interpretation, Vedas
1969
Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā
Textual Criticism, Vedas
1969
Sarvadarśanasamgrahah
Indic Philosophy, Philosophy, Indic
1950
Subhāṣita-sudhānidhiḥ
Sanskrit Maxims, Sanskrit literature (Collections)
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sāyaṇa ranks 4,449 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Henny Jahnn, Alain de Botton, Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, and Olaf Bull. After him are Ariel Dorfman, Gudrun Pausewang, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Myrdal, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, and Einar Benediktsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Sāyaṇa ranks 40. Before him are David IX of Georgia, Maxtla, Domenico di Bartolo, Abella, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. After him are Nerio I Acciaioli, and Balša II. Among people deceased in 1387, Sāyaṇa ranks 7. Before him are Olaf II of Denmark, Charles II of Navarre, Peter IV of Aragon, Elizabeth of Bosnia, Abraham Cresques, and Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha.

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