Sankara Mishra

Sankara Mishra was born in a Maithil Brahmin family at Sarisab Pahi[5] village of the Madhubani district in the Mithila region of Bihar, India.

[5] It is said that Sankara Mishra introduced his self in Sanskrit Shloka at the court of the king of Mithila, when he was only five years old by age.

Then the king imparted a gold necklace to the little boy Sankara Mishra as a reward.

[5] Sankara Mishra is well known for his commentary Upaskara on the Vaisheshika Sutra of the Vedic sage Maharshi Kanaada.

[9] Sankara Mishra was awarded with the honorific title Mahamahopadhyaya for his contribution to the Sanskrit literature and the Indian philosophy.