Kanad Tarkavagish

Kanad Tarkavagish (15th-16th century) Sanskrit scholar and Nyaya philospher, was born in Navadvip, son of janakinath bhattacharya Chudamani, a renowned scholar of Nyaya.

Kanad was a class-fellow of raghunath shiromani. He became well known as Ma'n'it'i'k'a'k'a'r for his annotation Anum'a'nama'n'ivy'a'khy'a on Gangesh Upadhyaya';s Tattvachint'a'ma'n'i. His original books include Bh'a's'a'ratnam and Apashavdakha'n'danam. In Bhasaratna, Kanad mentions another book of his, Tarkavadarthamanjari, which has however, not yet been found. Annotations written on Kanad';s books, including Bhasaratna, played an important part in the study of Nyaya.

There was also another philosopher named Kanad from Vaishesika. Kanad';s philosophy is believed to be the first attempt to analyse the theory of physics. [Suresh Chandra Banerjee] [Banerjee, Suresh Chandra  Professor (retd) of Sanskrit, Calcutta University]