Uvaá¹Âa was a commentator of the Vedas. He wrote commentaries of the prÃÂtià ÂÃÂkhyas, notably on the Rigveda-pratishakhya of Shaunaka.
According to Bhimasena's Sudhasagara-tika, he was a brother of Kaiyata, the author of Mahabhaá¹£yapradipa, and of Rajanka Mammata, and lived at the court of Bhoja, in the mid eleventh century.