Sri Vadiraja Tirtha, one of the stalwarts of Dvaita School of Vedanta and author of hundreds of works, has written a treatise titled “Bhugola Varnanam” that deals with the brahmAnDa that we live in. [Sources: Kannada & English Translations by Sri V. Badarayana Murthy] Bhugola Varnanam has 35 topics related to the earth, planets, stars, cosmos…
Sri Gopaladasa, the disciple of Sri Vijayadasa, is well know for his unique devotional songs. One of his famous suLAdis, a vivid description of a horseman who rode from nowhere & sped away in no time is the topic of this small write-up. The said suLAdi that beings with the following lines – “ನೀಲಗುದುರೆಯನ್ನೇರಿ ಶಾಲು…
BERTRAND RUSSEL ON BOLSHEVISM [COMMUNISM] & MOHAMMEDANISM Bertrand Russel wrote “Bolshevism [Communism] is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism.” He also said that “Both are practical, social, unspiritual, concerned to win the empire of this world.” [B. Russel, Theory & Practice of Bolshevism, 1921]. What Russel wrote in 1921 has become true in India. From 60’s which…
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…
A BRIEF NOTE ON THE TITLE ‘SRIPADARAYA’ INTRODUCTION In the absence of a clinical approach towards history, fables rule the root and distort the truth. Who gave the title Sripadaraya to Sri Lakshmi Narayana Tirtha is also one such case in point that must be studied properly. This topic needs an impartial examination of the…
INTRODUCTION: Sri Vijayadasa, second only to the great Sri Purandaradasa, was born in c.1687 and left the mortal world in c.1755 on Thursday, 10th day of bright half of kArtika month. Sri Vijayadasa said to have written 25,000 kIrtanA-s most of them being suLAdi-s. Legend has it that he was the son…
Further notes on Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji INTRODUCTION: In my previous note on the historical meeting between Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji at Kolhapur, I have given a brief description of the said event. In that write-up, I have written that this meeting was organised by one Naropant Hanumante, a Madhva Brahmin…
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…
SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE Sometime ago, on Facebook, one of my friends wrote a post expressing skepticism over the fact that Shri Vyasarajaru did puja at the Tirumalai kshetra. He pointed out anachronism when the period of Vyasarajaru is compared with that of the ruler who is believed to…
This article is about an anecdote found in a Telugu book on Andhra literature in Vijayanagara which throws light on Sri Vyasatirtha’s persona. Tekumalla Achyuta Rao, a Telugu writer specialised in history of Telugu literature wrote a book titled “Vijayanagara mandali Andhra Vangmaya Charitramu” (విజయనగరమందలి ఆంధ్ర వాజ్ఞ్మయ చరిత్రము) which means “The History of Telugu Literature in…
