# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/udyotakara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:40.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/udyotakara"
name: "Udyotakara"
slug: "udyotakara"
description: "Udyotakara was a philosopher of the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy. Subandhu’s Vāsavadattā mentioned him as the rescuer of the Nyaya. He was a brahmin of Bharadvaja gotra and he belonged to the Pashupata sect. His philosophical treatise, the Nyāyavārttika was written to defend Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana's Nyāyabhāṣya against the criticisms made by Dignaga."
tagline: "Philosopher of the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           40.4
  momentum:             6
  historical:           6.138769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "烏底耶塔加羅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "উদ্যোতকার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udyotakara"
    title: "Udyotakara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uddyotakara"
    title: "Uddyotakara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "उद्योतकर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uddjotakara_Bharadwad%C5%BAa"
    title: "Uddjotakara Bharadwadźa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81"
    title: "ఉద్యోతకారుడు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547724"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump