Sri Vijayindra Tirtha is the bulwark of Dvaita Vedanta from post-Vyasatirtha period. This write-up is a humble contribution about a great yati who foresaw the difficult times for Vijayanagara Empire & forewarned Ramaraya to take measures. Vijayindra was born in c.1514 as ‘Vitthala.’ Got initiated into sanyAsa by Vyasatirtha as ‘Vishnutirtha.’ But subsequently…
For those readers who are new to this subject, I wish to give them the gist of the story. Sri Akshobhya Tirtha, the 4th successor of Acharya Madhva has ascended the Dvaita Vedanta Peetha in the year c.1350. He has succeeded Sri Mādhava Tirtha (Ascendance:1333 Brindavana: 1349/50) and prevailed over the Peetha till c.1365. The…
HISTORIC MEETING OF SRI RAGHAVENDRA TIRTHA & CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI This small write-up is about the historical meeting between Sri Raghavendra Tirtha of Mantralayam and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. As per tradition, he is the reincarnation of Sri Vyasatirtha who flourished during Vijayanagara’s golden epoch i.e. Krishnaraya’s reign. It is well documented that Vyasatirtha was the…
Recently, an audio clip that contained a legend associated with a popular polemical work titled Advaita Siddhi written by Madhusudana Saraswati from Sankara’s Advaita School gone viral. This Advaita Siddhi is a rebuttal of Vyasatirtha’s Nyanamruta. Here is a translation (not verbatim but the essence of the speech). “Madhusudana Saraswati was an erudite Advaita scholar. He wrote ‘Advaita Siddhi’…
Sri Jayatirtha and his mula brindavana has become a dispute between two Madhva Mathas and many arguments are being exchanged since 2014. This issue is not as unfathomable as Bermuda Triangle or Shangrila city. It only needs a little bit of commonsense, an unfalsified will and an unbiased research. More importantly, this issue demands for the…
Sanatana Dharma’s grandiose lies in its simplicity and inclusivity. It not only reveres fellow humans but also the meanest animals, plants and lifeless objects such as hills and rivers! Sanatana Dharma recognizes the quadrate of Mother, Father, Teacher and the Guest as the most venerable persons in whom the God dwells-in, always!. Amongst these four revered persons, Dharma…
SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – REVIEW OF DOUBTS RAISED BY SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI – PART 3 In the previous article, I have explained about the incidents of thefts in Tirumala temple, types and cadres of people involved and how to understand the hidden purport of Sripadaraya’s glory by reading between the lines of Krishnadevaraya’s inscription at…
SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – REVIEW OF DOUBTS RAISED BY SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI – PART 2 In the previous article, I have tried to bring forth an important aspect of “reading between the lines” of Krishnadevaraya’s inscription issued to Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha on 12/01/1524 AD (Inscription No. 157 – contents as published in Inscriptions…
Sri Sripadaraja and Sri Vyasaraya – Doubts raised on Accuracy of Maadhva Narratives History, without the shadows of skepticism, looks dull ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BRIEF NOTE ON SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastri is the first official epigraphist of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He began his career as Peishkar of Tirumala…
DHARMIK CONTINUUM OF VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE The mighty Vijayanagara Empire that flourished from c.1336 to c.1646 has been held and ruled by four dynasties – (1) Sangama (2) Saluva (3) Tulu and (4) Aravidu. We can read some blood curdling stories from Vijayanagara history on how the successive dynasties snatched the power from the outgoing one. Sometimes, the…
