Uvaṭa

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Uvaṭa was a commentator of the Vedas.[1] He wrote commentaries of the prātiśākhyas, notably on the Rigveda-pratishakhya of Shaunaka.[2]

According to Bhimasena's Sudhasagara-tika, he was a brother of Kaiyata, the author of Mahabhaṣyapradipa, and of Rajanka Mammata, and lived at the court of Bhoja, in the mid eleventh century.

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  1. ^ Barnett, L. D. (July 1923). "Indica - 15. Manduki Siksa, or The phonetical treatise of the Atharva Veda. Edited … with an introduction, appendices, and an index [in Hindi] by Bhagavad Datta. 9 × 5½, pp. xviii + 25, vi, vii. Lahore, 1921. - 16. Brihat Sarvanukramnika [sic!] of the Atharva Veda. Edited … with an introduction and an index [in Hindi] by … Ramgopala Shastri. 9 × 5½, xlii + i + 204 + xxii pp. Lahore, 1922. - 17. The Ṙg-Vedaprātiśākhya With the Commentary of Uvaṭa. Edited … with introduction, critical, and additional notes, English translation of the text, and several appendices by Mangal Deva Shastri, M.A., D.Phil. Part of the introduction. 10 × 6¾, 33 pp. Oxford : University Press, 1922". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 55 (3): 432–434. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00067812. ISSN 1474-0591. S2CID 250344619.
  2. ^ Bronkhorst, Johannes (2016). How the Brahmins won : from Alexander to the Guptas. Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-31551-8. OCLC 946610880.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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