Vidyadhisha Tirtha

Vidyadhisha Tirtha
File:Shri Vidyadhisha Tirtha Swamiji, a peetadhipati of Shri Uttaradi Matha Idol at Ranebennur, Karnataka, India (cropped).jpg Idol of Vidyadhisha Tirtha at Ranebennur, Karnataka, India
Personal
Born	Pandurangi Narasimhacharya Puntamba, Maharashtra
Died	1631 Ekachakranagaram
Religion	Hinduism
Organization
Order	Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
Philosophy	Dvaita, Vaishnavism
Religious career
Guru	Vedavyasa Tirtha
Successor	Vedanidhi Tirtha
Disciples Vedanidhi Tirtha, Kesavacharya, Kasi Timmannacharya

Vidyadhisha Tirtha (Vidyādhīśa Tīrtha), was an Indian philosopher, scholar, theologian, saint and dialectician. He served as the sixteenth pontiff of Uttaradi Math from 1619 to 1631. He is considered to be one of the important stalwarts in the history of Dvaita school of thought on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha. He is also the most celebrated pontiff of Uttaradi Math after Padmanabha Tirtha, Jayatirtha and Raghuttama Tirtha. Born into a Deshastha Brahmin family of scholars, Vidyadhisha started pursuing the knowledge of Mīmāṃsā, Vyakhyana and Vedanta at very early age. Before becoming the pontiff of Uttaradi Math, he was an accomplished scholar and logician. He composed 10 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha and several independent treatises. His work Vakyartha Chandrika is an elaborate, complicated commentary known for its brilliance.

Works

The number of extant works ascribed to Vidyadhisha Tirtha are ten in number. There are five commentaries and five independent works ascribed to him.

Commentaries

Name	Description	References
Vakyartha Chandrika	Commentary on Nyaya Sudha of Jayatirtha
Pramanalakshanaṭippani	Gloss on Pramanalakshana of Madhva
Viṣṇutattvanirṇayaṭippani	Commentary on Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya of Madhva
Kathālakṣaṇaṭippani	Gloss on Kathālakṣaṇa of Madhva
Talavakopanishadkhandartham	Commentary on Talavakopanishad

Independent works

Name	Description	References
Ēkādaśīnirṇaya	Work on how to determine Ekadashi
Janmāṣṭamīnirṇaya	Work on how to determine Janmashtami
Vishnupanchakavratanirnaya	Work on how to determine days for Vishnu Panchaka Vrata
Tithitrayanirnaya	Work on how to determine Tithi
Oṃkāravādartha	An exposition on the word OM

Bibliography

• Sharma, B. N. Krishnamurti (2000). A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition. Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint). ISBN 978-8120815759.
• Bhatta, C. Panduranga; Samuel, G. John (1997), Contribution of Karṇāṭaka to Sanskrit, Institute of Asian Studies
• Prabhupada, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (2012), Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, ISBN 978-9171496621
• Potter, Karl H. (1995). Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies. 1, Bibliography : Section 1, Volumes 1-2. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-8120803084.
• Dikshit, G. S. (1981). Studies in Keladi History: Seminar Papers. Mythic Society.
• Krishna, Daya (2002). Developments in Indian Philosophy from Eighteenth Century Onwards: Classical and Western. Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture. ISBN 978-8187586081.

Bon, Bhakti Hridaya (1960). Indian Philosophy & Culture, Volumes 5-6. Vaishnava Research Institute, Vrindāban, India. Retrieved 20 April 2005.

Further reading

• Vidyādhīśatīrtha (2000), Oṃkāravāda of Śrī Vidyādhīśatīrtha and Tārasvarūpaprakāśa of Śrīnāthācārya, Oriental Research Institute
• Vidyadheesa Vijaya by Janardhana Suri (Sanskrit)
• Sri Vidyadhisha Tirthara Kuritada Kritigalu by Indiresha Dasa (Kannada)

External links

• Vidyadhisha Tirtha from https://www.uttaradimath.org/.