Jayaratha (Rajanaka)

c. 1225-1275 · Kashmir

The great scholiast: his Viveka commentary (12 vols KSTS with root) establishes Krama/Trika readings — incl. the long controversy settling Lakshmanagupta's Krama+Trikaship. Also Vimarshini on Ruyyaka's Alankarasarvasva (poetics).

Sharada manuscript, 1922 (PD): the script his Viveka was transmitted in. Shown as script sample, not his likeness. Credit: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Bio. Great scholiast (c. 1225-1275): the Viveka commentary (12 KSTS vols with root) establishes Krama+Trikaship against controversy; also Vimarshini on Ruyyaka's Alankarasarvasva.

Lineage

commentator on Abhinavagupta (Tantraloka)

Read alongside

Mark Dyczkowski — Viveka translated alongside the Tantrāloka
Independent (Dyczkowski personal/associated editions)

dates commentator two centuries after Abhinavagupta Birth ~1225 (approx). · canon: · machine-readable JSON · bio schema

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