SRI SRIPADARAJA TIRTHA & INTER-RELIGIOUS HARMONY Today is the 515th ArAdhana of Sri Sripadaraja Tirtha (Lakshmi Narayana Muni), vidyA guru of great Vyasatirtha & gaurdian-saint of Saluva Narasimharaya. This thread deals with the inter-religious tolerance shown by Sripadaraja who, otherwise, wrote terrific polemical writings. His much acclaimed work ‘vAgvajra’ is known for its sharp criticism of such…
INTRODUCTION Sri Sripadaraja Tirtha (c.1412-1502) is one of the much celebrated Madhva saints from 15th century. Sri Sripadaraja Tirtha’s contribution to both Samskruta and Kannada literature is immense and laudable. He played a significant role in establishing Haridasa Paddhati. He also created new forms of prosody that are still in vogue. His brindavana at Mulbagal…
THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION OF VITTHALA TEMPLE AT VIJAYANAGARA BY N. VENKATARAMANAYYA By N. Venkataramanayya Published in: The Journal of Oriental Research Madras Vol. XVI, 1946-47 Nearly half a century ago, Robert Sewell stated, in his well known history of Vijayanagara, A Forgotten Empire, that Emperor Krishnadevaraya built in his capital temples dedicated to gods, Hazara…
TIRTHA PRABANDHA – AN YATI’S TRAVELOGUE Today is the 409th ArAdhana of Sri Vadiraja Tirtha who appeared on earth in physical form for 120 years. He witnessed the fate of Vijayanagara Empire from c.1480-1600. This thread is about his unique contribution to the world of Samskruta literature titled “Tirtha Prabandha.’ Vadiraja was a prolific writer in Samskruta,…
A PROVEN METHOD TO UNDERSTAND PURANA & ITIHASA Recently a heated debate raged over a Telugu piece on Sitadevi. The person who wrote that is a Xtian missionary & a known Hindu hater. I didn’t read that piece but read the snippets posted on the Facebook updates by a few friends. Such attempts are not…
This is a 3 part research-based ebook written by C. Raghothama Rao on the much debated topic of Sri Jayatirtha’s Mula brindavana and its exact location. “In Search of Sri Jayatirtha’s Brindavana” has been written by utilizing various sources of medieval and ancient history of India. Enough care has been taken to acknowledge the original…
INTRODUCTION: This devotional song of Sri Vyasatirtha in Kannada language is a perfect blend of devotion and history. It clearly shows how the history can be understood from the philosophical works of this land! Here is the devotional composition of Sri Vyasatirtha: Song courtesy: Sanchaya.net In…
Madhva’s Logic is an English translation of Pramāna Chandrika written by Chalari Seshacharya. Pramana Chandrika follows Pramana Paddhati by Sri Jayatirtha or Teekarayaru which is a commentary on Sri Madhvacharya’s Pramana Lakshana. Sri Chalari Acharya, in the first invocation shloka, says that the purpose of writing Pramana Chandrika is to enable the beginners to understand…
This is a brief note on the plight of Brahmans working under Islamist rulers of 18th century, as gleaned from a life account of Venugopaladasa, illustrious shishya of Sri Vijayadasa. After the fall of Vijayanagara, the greatest Hindu Empire in South India & also after the disintegration of kingdoms of various Nayakas, the 17th century…
HAMPI VITTHALA – REVIEW OF N. VENKATARAMANAYYA’S ARTICLE REVIEW OF N. VENKATARAMANAYYA’S ARTICLE N. Venkataramanayya (NV) presents a curious conclusion that the murti (icon) of Hampi Vitthala came from Tirupati and not from Pandharapur as believed. He cites a particular samkirtana of Annamayya as the evidence for his conclusion. But there are certain issues to accept his conclusion as…
