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Akṣapāda (Rkang mig can)

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  • Mvy., no. 3466. A Maharṣi.
  • Jackson, EGW, pp. 200. 324-326, 370.
  • EoB. Founder of the Nyāya school, also known as Gautama or Gotama. Lived from about 50-150 CE.
  • Here spelled Akṣipāda, said to be a Śaiva teacher. Cozort and Preston, p. 124, 127, 129 etc.
  • Stag tshang, Grub mtha' kun shes, p. 50, tells the story of how he got his name.
  • Mahāmahopādhyāya Haraprasād Shāstri, History of Nyāyaśāstra from Japanese Sources, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, n.s. vol. 1, no. 8 (August 1905), pp. 177-180.
  • Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, p. 1503 (Bram ze Rkang mig, Drang srong Mdzes pa).
  • Thuken, p. 38.