Raghunatha Shiromani

Raghunatha Shiromani (Bengali: রঘুনাথ শিরোমণি, IAST: Raghunātha Śiromaṇi) (c. 1477–1547^[1]) was an Indian philosopher and logician. He was the head ( The Chancellor ) of the Ancient Mithila University also known as Mithila Vidyapeeth.^[2] He was born in a brahmin family at Nabadwip in present-day Nadia district of West Bengal state. He was the grandson of Śulapāṇi (c. 14th century CE), a noted writer on Smṛti from his mother's side. He was a pupil of Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma. He brought the new school of Nyaya, Navya Nyāya, representing the final development of Indian formal logic, to its zenith of analytic power.

Raghunatha Shiromani
Born	1477 (1477) Nabadwip, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Died	1547 (aged 69–70) India
Occupation(s)	Philosopher and logician Head of the Ancient Mithila University
Education
Alma mater	Ancient Mithila University
Philosophical work
Era	13th century - 14th century
School	Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy
Institutions	The Navya Nyāya school
Notable works	Navya Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy

Raghunatha's analysis of relations revealed the true nature of number, inseparable from the abstraction of natural phenomena, and his studies of metaphysics dealt with the negation or nonexistence of a complex reality. His most famous work in logic was the Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti, a commentary on the Tattvacintāmaṇi of Gangeśa Upādhyāya, founder of the Navya Nyāya school.