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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| name = Ayachi Mishra<br />
| honorific prefix = Mahamahopadhyaya<br />
| native_name = अयाची मिश्र<br />
| native_name_lang = Sa<br />
| alias = Bhavanatha Mishra<br />
| birth_name = Bhavanatha<br />
| children = [[Sankara Mishra]]<br />
| era = 14th century CE<br />
| region = [[Mithila region]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Ancient Mithila University]]<br />
| school_tradition = [[Nyaya]] Shastra<br />
| birth_place = [[Ayachi Mishra Dih]], [[Sarisav Pahi|Sarisab Pahi]] village, [[Madhubani district]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ayachi Mishra''' (Sanskrit: अयाची मिश्र) was an Indian Vedic scholar during the 14th century in Mithila. His real name was ''Bhavanatha Mishra''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Shailendra Mohan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbUCijBHS7AC&q=Ayachi+Mishra |title=Hari Mohan Jha |date=1994 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-652-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Balmiki Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvQtDwAAQBAJ&q=Ayachi+Mishra |title=Bahudhā and the Post 9/11 World |date=2008-02-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908794-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=College |first=Patna University Patna Law |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmSsAAAAMAAJ |title=Studies in Law: An Anthology of Essays in Municipal and International Law |date=1961 |publisher=New York, Asia Publication House. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jhā |first=Govinda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c8s3eT-35UC&q=Ayachi+Mishra |title=Umesh Mishra |date=1995 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-394-3 |language=en}}</ref> He was an eminent scholar of the [[Nyaya|Nyaya Shastra]] in the [[Indian philosophy]]. The Nyaya Shastra also known as [[Indian logic|Indian Logic]] is one of the six schools of thought in the Indian philosophy.<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
''Ayachi'' is a Sanskrit adjective word. The Hindi word of Ayachi is ''Ayachaka'' having literal meanings non-asking, prosperous or rich.<ref>{{Cite web |title=अयाची के हिंदी अर्थ {{!}} ayaachii meaning in Hindi {{!}} हिन्दवी |url=https://www.hindwi.org/hindi-dictionary/meaning-of-ayaachii |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Hindwi |language=hi}}</ref> According to legend, it is said that the scholar Bhavanatha Mishra never asked anything with anyone in his life. He was very committed to his words and promises given to anyone. It is said that due to his ideal qualities of renunciation and commitment to his words, he was later called as Ayachi and became famous with his new name Ayachi Mishra.<ref>{{Cite news |title=जब भवनाथ मिश्र बने अयाची |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-when-bhagwan-mishra-became-the-ayachi-1429085.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Ayachi Mishra was born in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family at ''Sarisab Pahi'' village of the [[Madhubani district]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]], India.<ref>{{Cite news |title=CM hails Ayachi study model |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/cm-hails-ayachi-study-model/cid/1661551 |work=The Telegraph Online}}</ref><br />
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== Later life ==<br />
Bhavanatha Mishra later became the eminent scholar of the [[Nyaya|Nyaya Shastra]] in the Indian philosophy. He spent his entire life on only one and a half ''katthas'' of land at Sarisab Pahi village in the [[Madhubani district]] of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] in Bihar, India. The place where he lived in the village is presently called as [[Ayachi Mishra Dih]] which has been recognised and preserved as a historical place by the [[Government of Bihar]].<br />
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He taught his disciples without taking an fees. According to legend, it is said that in [[Dakṣiṇā|Gurudakshina]], he only asked his disciples to teach at least ten students. He also taught his own son [[Sankara Mishra]] who wrote nineteen books based on his teaching.<ref>{{Cite news |title=भगवान शंकर खुद अयाची मिश्र के पुत्र के रूप में अवतार लिए |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-lord-shankar-himself-incarnated-as-the-son-of-ayyachi-mishra-1478260.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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