Vandin

Acharya
Vandin
वंदी/बंदी
Personal life
Home townVideha
Parent
  • Lord Varuna (father)
RegionMithila region
Alma materAncient Mithila University
Known for
  • Institution of the punishment called as "Jala Samadhi" for the defeated scholars in the Shastrarthas
  • Shastrartha with Acharya Kahoda
  • Shastrartha with Ashtavakra
Other namesVandi
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
Royal Acharya at the court of King Janaka in Mithila Kingdom

Vandin was a royal Acharya at court of King Janaka in the Mithila Kingdom. Some documents write his name as Vandi or Bandi. He was a wise pundit, who defeated many Vedic scholars in Shastrarthas held at the court of the King Janaka in Mithila. But later he was also defeated by the great Indian philosopher Ashtavakra.

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