Vachaspati Mishrra was an eminent 9th century philosopher of the Advaita School. He holds a place of pride among post-Shankara exponents of Advaita. Vachaspati Mishra was a polymath, at home in every field of Hindu philosophy, be it the school of logic (Nyaya) or Mimamsa, Advaita, Yoga or Samkhya. He contributed commentaries on all these systems and touched nothing without adorning it. In the concluding verses of his magnum opus, Bhamati, the famous gloss on Shankara’s Sutra Bhashya, he enumerates some of his other works – Nyayakanika (a commentary on Mandana’s Vidhiviveka); Brahmatattvasamiksha (on Mandana’s Vidhiviveka); Brahmatattvasamiksha (on Mandana’s Brahmasiddhi); Tattvabindu (on language and meaning); Nyaya-Varttika-Tatparya-Tika (on Udyotakara’s Nyaya Varttika); Nyaya Suchinibandha (a supplement to Tatparya-tika); Samkhyatattva kaumudi (on Ishwarakrishna’s Samkhya Karika); and Tattvavaisaradi (on Vyasa’s Yogabhashya). All philosophical ideas were grist to his mill. He has bee