Mahavidya Vidambanam

Author(s): Vadindra Bhatt, Anandpurna, Bhuvansundarsuri, Mangesh R Telang
Publisher: Central Library

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4 th :14 a poem in imitation of Kalidasa's Meghadâta. Drama--5 arcu a religious drama in imitation of Krishnamishra's
Prabodha-chandrodaya. losophy 1 6 13h a treatise on the Višishtádvaita philosophy. and Logic
7 aray#14619 with gafafafectar Ditto 8 Taw a refutation of Anirvachaniyatáváda. 9 Felgurgis (logic)
10 ATHIACAT 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. 9977ragna or rarefift-He has mentioned Mabávidyá 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. Threr-He appears to have been the pupil of Venkatanátha Vedantácharya 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 Presi. densy. His father's name was Devarájáchárya of the Bháradvája Gottra, He seems to have written commentaries on Venkataváthá's Satadůshani, Pádukásahasra and on some other works. In the commentary on Nyáyaparishuddhi he says that he has explained the methods of Malávidya syllogisms in the first Chapter on Pratibandha? (in the Nyáya-parishuddhi). Tlius 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.
5. iga-He is the author of Nyáya Muktávali, a commentary on Udayanacharya's Lakshanávali. He has also written a brief commentay on Sivaditya Misra's Saptapadárthi. He seems to have flourished about A. D. 1450. His son Sesha Ananta too has written a comment
1. See the life of Vedánta Deshika in the 1st volume of Yádaríbhyndaya (Váni Vilás).
2 इति श्रीमद्वेदान्ताचार्यचरणारविन्दानुसन्धान विशदप्रतिबोधेन भरद्वाजकुलजलधिकौस्तुभश्रीदेवराजाचार्यसूनुना श्रीनिवासदासेन विरचितायां न्यायपरिशुद्धिव्याख्यायां न्यायसारसमाख्यायां प्रत्यक्षाध्याये प्रथममान्हिकम् ।
fraqfight: .43 (atarat) 3 महाविद्यारीतयश्च प्रतिबन्धाान्हिकेऽस्माभिः प्रपश्चितास्तत्र द्रष्टव्याः।
-2149fcfediti 9.988 (alarai) 4 See Introduction to Anandajnána's Tarkasavgraha pp. xvii and xviii.