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Mimamsa Epistemology & rules of interpretation - Prof Veeranarayana Pandurangi
Veeranarayana N. K. Pandurangi (Sanskrit: वीरनारायणः एन् के पाण्डुरङ्गी, born July 4, 1973) is a Sanskrit scholar from Bangalore, worked in Jaipur, Rajasthan and at present he is the Principal of Karnataka Samskrit University's evening college. He was awarded the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Award for Sanskrit by Pratibha Patil, the then President of India, for the year 2011. He is currently Professor and the Dean at the Deapartment of Darshana, at the Jagadguru Ramanadacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur. Pandurangi is a specialist in Darshan (Hindu philosophy).
Contents
- Mimamsa Epistemology rules of interpretation Prof Veeranarayana Pandurangi
- Life
- Major Works
- Critiques
- Translations
- Critical Editions
- References
Life
Pandurangi studied under the scholars Manikya Shastri and Martanda Dikshit. He holds the Vidvan degree in Navya Nyaya and Dvaita Vedanta, and a Vidvanmadhyama degree in Purva Mīmāṃsā. He has a Master of Arts degree in Sahitya. He has two Vidyavaridhi (PhD) degrees - one in Dvaita Vedanta from Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (New Delhi), and one in Navya Nyaya from Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.
From 1995 to 1999, he served as a lecturer of Navya Nyaya at the Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha Sanskrita College, Bangalore. From 1999 to 2005, he was a researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry. From 2005, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Darshana at the Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur. From 2007, he has been the Dean of the Department of Darshana at the university.
Major Works
Pandurangi has authored and edited eight books and more than 20 papers. Some of his books are: