Book Title: Mahavidya Vidambanam
Author(s): Bhatta Vadindra, Bhuvansundarsuri, Mangesh Ramkrishna Telang
Publisher: Central Library
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poem in imitation of Kalidasa's Meghadûta. Drama-5 HFTLECH a religious drama in imitation of Krishnamishra's
Prabodha-chandrodaya. Philosoph and Logic }
}6 Farafagus a treatise on the Viśishtádvaita philosophy. 7 TragT14019 with qafefefeet or Ditto 8 grazguit a refutation of Anirvachanîyatávada. 9 -1139ff (logic)
10 ATHIA1CA1 a treatise on Mimánsá. Besides the above works in Sanskrit, he wrote many works in Tamil, He is said to have died in A.D. 1369 having lived 102 years.?
3. 377ESITA or a -He has mentioned Mahavidya syllogisms. He lived between A. D. 1260-1320. For the details of his life and works &c. see Mr. Tripathi's Introduction to his Tarkasangraha No. III of the Gaekwad's Oriental Series.
4. witfararar-He appears to have been the pupil of Venkatanátha Vedantáchárya from the statement in the colophon of his Nyáyasára, a commentary on Venkatanátha's Nyáyaparisuddhi. He must have therefore lived in the 14th century somewhere near Kanchi in the Madras Presidensy. His father's name was Devarájáchárya of the Bháradvája Gottra. He seems to have written commentaries on Venkatanáthá's Satadůshanî, Pádukásahasra and on some other works. In the commentary on Nyáyaparishuddhi he says that he has explained the methods of Mahavidya syllogisms in the first Chapter on Pratibandha (in the Nyáya-parishuddhi). Thus it seems that the Mahavidya syllogisms were keenly studied in Southern India in the 14th century. It is not known whether he wrote any original works.
- He is the author of Nyáya Muktávali, a commentary on Udayanacharya's Lakshanávali. He has also written a brief commentay
váditya Misra's Saptapadárthi. He seems to have flourished about D. 1450.4 His son Sesha Ananta too has written a commentry on
See the life of Vedanta Deshika in the 1st volume of Yadavábhyndaya (Váni Vilás).
2 इति श्रीमद्वेदान्ताचार्यचरणारविन्दानुसन्धानविशदप्रतिबोधेन भरद्वाजकुलजलधिकौस्तुभश्री देवराजाचार्यसूनना श्रीनिवासदासेन विरचितायां न्यायपरिशुद्धिव्याख्यायां न्यायसारसमाख्यायां प्रत्यक्षाध्याये प्रथममान्हिकम् ।
72179fare: g. 43 (atarat) 3 महाविद्यारीतयश्च प्रतिबन्धाद्यान्हिकेऽस्माभिः प्रपञ्चितास्तत्र द्रष्टव्याः।
29fargetal g. 988 (alapa) 4 See Introduction to Anandajnána's Tarkasangraha pp. xvii and xviii.
Aho ! Shrutgyanam
