Udayanacharya Dih is the site related to the Indian philosopher
Udayana
Udayana, (Devanagari: उदयन) also known as Udayanācārya (Udyanacharya, or Master Udayana), (circa 975 - 1050 CE) was an Indian philosopher and logician of the tenth century of the Nyaya school who attempted to devise a rational theolog ...
. The place is located at
Kariyan village of
Samastipur district
Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Samastipur. The district occupies an area of 2904km² and has a population of 4,261,566.
Samastipur was the largest milk producing distr ...
in
Mithila region
Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...
of
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
. There are ruins of Udayanacharya Dih.
Udayana
Udayana, (Devanagari: उदयन) also known as Udayanācārya (Udyanacharya, or Master Udayana), (circa 975 - 1050 CE) was an Indian philosopher and logician of the tenth century of the Nyaya school who attempted to devise a rational theolog ...
wrote his famous treatise
Nyayakusumanjali at this place. Udayanacharya defeated the Buddhists scholars many times in debates during 10th century.
Description
The birthplace of the Indian philosopher
Udayanacharya is at Karian village of Shivajinagar Block in
Samastipur district
Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Samastipur. The district occupies an area of 2904km² and has a population of 4,261,566.
Samastipur was the largest milk producing distr ...
of the
Mithila region
Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...
. His birth place at the village is called as Udayanacharya Dih or ''Udayan Dih''. According to legends it is said that the soil here is believed as a mixture of knowledge and wisdom. It is considered as holy soil. In the village there is a tradition that every children start their letters for educational journey from the soil of this holy place. It is said that many scholars of the country have come here to apply the ''
tilak'' of the holy clay on their foreheads at the Udayanacharya Dih.
A local organisation ''Udayan Seva Sansthan'' organizes annual function called as "''Udayan Parva''" every year at this place in the memory of the great philosopher Udayanacharya.
Excavation
There is a mound that is 20 feet high above the surrounding ground level and is spread over an area of 96 acres. After excavation, some antiquities of the 2nd century BC have been unearthed. Similarly, objects dating from the 6th century AD to after 1200 AD have been also found at the site.
Geologists have come here several times for excavation and collected remains from the site. But due to the negligence of the governments, proper excavation and development of the site is still pending. It is said that some remains from the 9th century CE still lie under the pipal tree in the campus of the site.
References
Geography of Bihar
Mithila
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