SRI VADIRAJA'S TEERTH PRABANDHA - STEP 4

(An attempt is made here to provide a brief introduction to a few more books of Sri Vadirajaru in this episode. This will probably help everyone to know the volume of work that Sri Vadirajaru has blessed us with. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

3.   NYAYARATNAVALI – ನ್ಯಾಯರತ್ನಾವಳಿ

Sri Vadirajaru begins this work with a Stotra in praise of Lord Narasihma and composes 901 stanzas divided into five parts to describe the quality of the Lord like unerring or being without any blemish and completeness of all attributes through excepts from Bhagavata and Shrutis.

4.   SHRUTITATWAPRAKASHIKA - ಶೃತಿತತ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಕಾ

Sri Vadirajaru has provided 507 stanzas in this book. All the stanzas are set to Anushtup Chandas. The entire book dwells on some of the sentences or statements mentioned in Shrutis which have been used by some scholars to contend that Atma and Paramatma are one and the same. Sri Vadirajaru has, in this book, provided appropriate meanings to such sentences to thwart their argument and to prove that the reasoning contained in Dwaita philosophy are right and most justifiable.

5.   CHAKRAMIMAMSA - ಚಕ್ರಮಿಮಾಂಸಾ

Sri Vadirajaru signifies in this book that the Tapta Mudra Dharana being followed by Madhwa community was in vogue among the followers of Sri Shankara and Sri Ramanuja. Drawing evidences from Shrutis and Smruti, he justifies that the practice of Tapta Mudra Dharana is a Vedic tradition.

6.    PASHANDAMATAKHANDANA - ಪಾಷಂಡಮತಖಂಡನ

In as many as 127 Shlokas, Sri Vadrirajaru has, in this work, condemned the ideals of non-violence etc., professed by Jains and Buddhists.

7.   GURVARTHADEEPIKA – TREATISE ON “SUDHA”

ಗುರ್ವರ್ಥದೀಪಿಕಾ – ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ನ್ಯಾಯಸುಧಾ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

This is a valuable insight into Anuvyakhyana of Sri Madhwacharyaru and Sri Nyayasudha of Sri Jayatirtharu. Although there are elaborate, exuberant, extravagant, exemplary and highly scholarly critiques available for Sri Nyayasudha now, this Gurvarthadeepika is the first one and most valuable. Moreover, drawing several statements directly from Anuvyakhyana of Sri Madhwacharyaru, Sri Vadirajaru has proved that whatever is said in Nyayasudha are not unfounded but very much correct. Sri Vadirajaru has gone on to provide additional information and meanings to Anuvyakhyana.

8.    GURVARTHADEEPIKA – TREATISE ON TATVAPRAKASHIKA

—  ಗುರ್ವರ್ಥದೀಪಿಕ – ತತ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಕಾ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

This is in furtherance of Tatvaprakashika written by Sri Jayatirtharu for Brahmasutra Bhashya of Sri Madhwacharyaru. Several interesting and informative meanings for the interpretation provided by Sri Jayatirtharu have been provided by Sri Vadirajaru in this work.

9.   KALPALATA - ಕಲ್ಪಲತ

This is a critique on Jainism.