Gangesha Upadhyaya
E110230
Hindu philosopher
Indian logician
Indian philosopher
Navya-Nyaya philosopher
logician
medieval Indian scholar
philosopher
philosophical treatise
work of logic
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gangesha Upadhyaya canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859509 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gangesha Upadhyaya Context triple: [Nyaya, majorCommentator, Gangesha Upadhyaya]
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A.
Tarak Nath Das
Tarak Nath Das was an Indian revolutionary and intellectual who campaigned for India’s independence abroad and was associated with early nationalist and anti-colonial movements such as the Ghadar Party.
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B.
Surendranath
Surendranath was an Indian nationalist leader, educator, and early president of the Indian National Congress who played a key role in the country's freedom movement.
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C.
Batukeshwar Dutt
Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter known for his role in the 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing alongside Bhagat Singh and his subsequent imprisonment by the British.
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D.
Trailokya Nath Chakraborty
Trailokya Nath Chakraborty was an Indian freedom fighter who was imprisoned in the notorious Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands for his role in the struggle against British colonial rule.
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E.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gangesha Upadhyaya Target entity description: Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
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A.
Tarak Nath Das
Tarak Nath Das was an Indian revolutionary and intellectual who campaigned for India’s independence abroad and was associated with early nationalist and anti-colonial movements such as the Ghadar Party.
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B.
Surendranath
Surendranath was an Indian nationalist leader, educator, and early president of the Indian National Congress who played a key role in the country's freedom movement.
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C.
Batukeshwar Dutt
Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter known for his role in the 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing alongside Bhagat Singh and his subsequent imprisonment by the British.
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D.
Trailokya Nath Chakraborty
Trailokya Nath Chakraborty was an Indian freedom fighter who was imprisoned in the notorious Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands for his role in the struggle against British colonial rule.
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E.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu philosopher
ⓘ
Indian logician ⓘ Indian philosopher ⓘ Navya-Nyaya philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ medieval Indian scholar ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ work of logic ⓘ |
| author | Gangesha Upadhyaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| era |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ medieval India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indian philosophy
ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ logic ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gangesha Upadhyaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mathuranatha Tarkavagisa
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Navya-Nyaya logicians of Mithila ⓘ Raghunatha Siromani ⓘ later Indian epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama (author of Nyaya-sutra)
Jayanta Bhatta ⓘ Uddyotakara ⓘ Vatsyayana ⓘ classical Nyaya tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tattvacintāmaṇi
ⓘ
contributions to Indian logic ⓘ founding the Navya-Nyaya school of logic ⓘ systematization of Navya-Nyaya technical language ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indian logic
ⓘ
surface form:
Navya-Nyaya logic
epistemology ⓘ |
| mainWork | Tattvacintāmaṇi ⓘ |
| movement |
Nyaya
ⓘ
surface form:
Navya-Nyaya
|
| notableIdea |
formalization of inferential reasoning in Navya-Nyaya
ⓘ
refinement of pramāṇa (means of knowledge) theory ⓘ technical analysis of perception and inference ⓘ |
| notableWork | Tattvacintāmaṇi ⓘ |
| occupation |
logician
ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Nyaya
ⓘ
surface form:
Navya-Nyaya
Nyaya ⓘ |
| region |
Mithila region
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surface form:
Mithila
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies on Navya-Nyaya ⓘ |
| tradition |
Nyaya
ⓘ
surface form:
Navya-Nyaya
Nyaya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gangesha Upadhyaya Description of subject: Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tattvacintāmaṇi
subject surface form:
Navya-Nyaya