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Bhavadeva Bhatta
Bhavadeva Bhatta was a Brahmin scholar and minister of King Harivarman of the Varman dynasty of eastern Bengal. He wrote treatises on Vedic ritual, Mimamsa philosophy and Hindu law, among them works on rites and penances used in Bengal for centuries. A long inscription from Bhubaneswar in Odisha, recording his family and building of a Vishnu temple, is a key source for the Varman dynasty.
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