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Gotama (गोतम) (c. 2nd – 3rd Century ) (also spelt '''Gautama'''; गौतम) was an India n Philosopher and Logician who wrote the '' Nyāya Sutras '', considered to be the foundation of the Nyāya school of Hindu ism. Gotama's precise dates are uncertain. In the past he has been assigned to various times between the Sixth and Third centuries BCE , though modern scholarship places him between the second and third centuries CE. His name has occasionally led him to be confused with Gautama Buddha . He is sometimes given the honorific titles "Akşapāda" ("eye-footed") and "Dirghatapas" ("long-penance"). He is also sometimes accorded the religious titles " Rishi " or " Maharshi ". In the ''Nyāya Sutras'' Gotama developed and extended the Vaiśeşika Epistemological and Metaphysical system through 528 Aphorism s. Later commentaries expanded, expounded, and critically discussed Gotama's work, the first being by Vātsyāyana (c.450–500 CE), followed by the ''Nyāyavārttika'' of Uddyotakāra (c. 6th–7th century), Vācaspati Miśra 's ''Tātparyatīkā'' (9th century), Udayana 's ''Tātparyapariśuddhi'' (10th century), and Jayanta 's ''Nyāyamañjarī'' (10th century). These not only discussed Gotama's thought, but also that of his successors. SOURCES AND READING
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