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XVIII] Rāmānuja Literature
131 refutation of the criticism of the Bhāva-prakāśikā, a commentary on Sruta-prakāśikā, by Varada Vişnu Sūri.
Ahobila Ranganātha Yati, who flourished at the beginning of the fifteenth century, wrote a Nyāsa-vivrti, in which he deals with the topics of nyāsa as expounded in Verkațanātha's Nyāsa-tilaka. Adivarāha Vedāntācārya wrote a Nyāya-ratnāvali. Krsnatātācārya, who flourished in the fifteenth century and belonged to the Srisaila lineage, wrote a commentary on the Nyāya-parisuddhi, called Nyāya-parisuddhi-vyākhyā and somesmall treatises called Dūrārthadūrīkarana, Brahma-sabdārtha-vicāra and Natva-candrikā. Krsnapāda-lokaguru, probably of the same century, wrote a Rahasyatraya-mīmāmsā-bhāsya, Divya-prabandha-vyākhyā, Catuḥ-ślokivyākhyā, and a number of Tamil works. Campakeśa, of the fifteenth century, wrote a Guru-tattva-prakāśikā, and a Vedānta-kanțakoddhāra. In the last work he tried to refute the criticisms of the Śri-bhāșya? He was a pupil of Venkațanātha. Another Tātācārya, who was grandfather of Venkatādhvarī, the author of the Višvaguņādarśa, wrote a Tātācārya-dina-caryā. He was the maternal uncle of Appaya-dikṣita. Again, Desikācārya, who wrote the Prayoga-ratna-mālā as a commentary on the Sri-bhāsya, also wrote a book on the commentary on Venkațanātha's Pañyikā on the Taittiriyopanișat, which was called the “Asti-brahmeti-śruty-arthavicāra." Doddayācārya, who lived probably in the fifteenth century, wrote a Parikara-vijaya, often referred to in Mahācārya's works, and a life of Venkațanātha, called Vedānta-dešika-vaibhavaprakāśikā. Nārāyaṇa muni wrote a Bhāva-pradīpikā, Gītārthasamgraha, Gītā-sāra-rakṣā, Gītā-samgraha-vibhāga, Rahasya-trayajīvātu. He was the son of Śrīśaila Tātayārya, grandson of Anantārya and pupil of Rāmānujācārya, probably Mahācārya. He lived perhaps late in the fifteenth century. Nșsimharāja, who wrote a commentary on the Sata-dūṣaṇī, called Sata-dūşanī-vyākhyā, was probably the same person who wrote an Ananda-dāyini on the Tattva-muktā-kalāpa. Nșsimhasūri, a much later writer, wrote a Sarīra-bhāvādhikarana-vicāra and Tat-kratu-nyāya-vicāra. Para
i Suddhasattvalaksaņārya wrote a work called Guru-bhāva-prakāśikā as a commentary on the Sruta-prakāśikā, which he based upon the Guru-tattvaprakāśikā of Campakeśa. He was the disciple of Suddhasattvācārya, son of Saumya Jāmāts muni. In his commentary he constantly refers to the Tulikā commentary of Vādhula Srinivāsa. He lived probably in the sixteenth century, and may have been a contemporary of Mahācārya.
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