Bhattoji Diksita On Sphota

Author(s): Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher: Johannes Bronkhorst

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madhvabhattārakam. jitvā keladivenkatayyasavidhe 'py andolikām prāptavan / yas cakre niunivaryasūtravivrtim siddhantabhangam tathā, mādh vänām tam aham gurūpamagurum rangojibhattam bhajell. We learn from this verse that the real name of the opponent must have been Vaderu / Baderu, and that vidyādhisa and yati were his attributes. Gode (1940: 65 n. 1) cites the following passage from an article in the Karnatak Historical Review (January-July 1937) by Dr. Saletore: "As regards the age in which [Bhattoji Dīksita) lived we learn from the opening verses of TattvaKaustubha that he wrote it at the order of Keladi Venkatendra (Keladi Venkatendrasya nirdeśāt vidusām mude). (Read Hultzsch, Report on Sanskrit Mss of South India, II, Intro, Pp. xii, 122, Madras, 1895-1896). The ruler Venkatendra mentioned here is to be identified with king Venkatapa Nāyak I, who ruled from A.D. 1582 till A.D. 1629 (Rice: Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions, p. 157). King Venkatapa Nīyak was noted for the patronage he gave to learned men (Read Keladi Basavaraja, Sivatattvaratnākara, Kallola VI, Taranga XIII. Ed. by B. Ramarao and Sundara Sastri, Mangalore, 1927; cf. S.K. Aiyangar, Sources of Vijayanagar History, p. 345). He himself seems to have composed a commentary in Sanskrit on the Siva Gītā of Padmapurāna (Trien. Cata. of Mss in the Govt. Ori. Mss Library, Madras, p. 2623)." See further note 106, above. 113 Smith, 1958: 380, 416; Richards, 1993: 175; Altekar, 1937: 35 ff. 114 This suggests that the contrast which according to Houben (2002: 463 f.) exists between Bhattoji, who highlights his differences from his predecessors, and Bharthari, who tries to hide them, is in need of careful specification.
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