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{{Short description|Indian philosopher from Mithila}}{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| name = Jagaddhara
| native_name = जगद्धर
| native_name_lang = Sa
| nationality = Indian
| region = [[Mithila region]]
| profession = Acharya
| occupation = Philosopher
| alma_mater = [[Ancient Mithila University|Sanskrit and vedic studies in Mithila]]
| period = 14th century CE
| flourished = During [[Kameshwar Thakur]] period
}}

'''Jagaddhara''' (Sanskrit: जगद्धर) was an Indian philosopher and a versatile [[Sanskrit]] scholar from the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He particularly flourished during the period of King [[Kameshwar Thakur]] in Mithila. His period of living is roughly estimated to be 14th century CE.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhavabhūti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqHe07yAo1kC&q=Jagaddhara |title=Mâlatî-Mâdhava by Bhavabhûti with the Commentary of Jagaddhara edited with Notes, critical and explanatory, by Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar |date=1876 |language=sa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gore |first=N. A. |date=1941 |title=Jagaddhara's Indebtedness to Harihara an Ancient Commentator of the M?lati-M?dhava |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41688854 |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=22 |issue=1/2 |pages=38–44 |jstor=41688854 |issn=0378-1143}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Subandhu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eoyu41KTFWgC&q=jagaddhara |title=The Tale of Vasavadattá |date=1859 |publisher=J. Thomas |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jagaddhara |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100016121 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Jagaddhara was born in the ''Suragana'' family of [[Maithil Brahmin]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]]. His father's name was ''Ratnadhara'' and mother's name was ''Damayanti''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Manuscripts |first=British Museum Department of Oriental Printed Books and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAQbcqL1AcMC&q=jagaddhara |title=A Supplementary Catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit Books in the Library of the British Museum Acquired During the Years 1892-19 |date=1908 |publisher=British Museum |language=en}}</ref> He belonged to [[Parashara|Parashar]] [[Gotra]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Central Sanskrit University |first=New Delhi |url=http://archive.org/details/BRbh_contribution-of-mithila-to-sanskrit-kavya-and-sahitya-shastra-by-trilokanatha-jh |title=Contribution Of Mithila To Sanskrit Kavya And Sahitya Shastra By Trilokanatha Jha, Silver Jubilee Series 2 Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi |pages=5–6}}</ref>

== Later life ==
Jagaddhara was appointed as the ''Dharmadhikaranika'' at the court of King Dhirasimha in Mithila. The Indic term Dharmadhikaranika literally means "Office in charge of the department of religion" in Hinduism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project examines 14th-century poetry to broaden interpretation of Hindu prayer |url=https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2017/04/04/project-examines-14th-century-poetry-text-broadening-practice-hindu-prayer |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=KU News |language=en}}</ref> Later he wrote several commentaries on the different ancient texts of the Hindu tradition. He became renowned commentator in the Hindu tradition.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
<references />{{India-philosopher-stub}}

[[Category:Indian philosophers]]
[[Category:Sanskrit and Vedic learning in Mithila]]
[[Category:Indian scholars of ancient philosophy]]

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