Satyapramoda Tirtha ( IAST:Satyāpramoda Tīrtha; 1918 – 3 November 1997, was an Indian

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, ,

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and the pontiff of

Uttaradi Math Shri Uttaradi Math (IAST:''Śrī Uttarādi Maṭha'') (also known as Uttaradi Peetha), is one of the main monasteries (matha) founded by Madhvacharya with Padmanabha Tirtha as its head to preserve and propagate Dvaita Vedanta (Tattvavada) outs ...

, a math (mutt) dedicated to Dvaita philosophy, which has a large following in southern

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. He served as the 41st pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha -

from 2 February 1948 – 3 November 1997. He had established Jayateertha Vidyapeetha in Bangalore, which has completed over 32 years.

Jayateertha Vidyapeetha

Sri Satyapramoda Tirtha established Jayateertha Vidyapeetha in 1989, which presently holds more than 200 students and 15 teaching faculty members, in the subjects of

Dvaita Vedanta Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST:Tattvavāda), is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. The term Tattvavada literally means "arguments from a realist viewpoint". The Tattvavada (Dvaita) Vedanta su ...

, Vyakarana, Nyaya and Nyayasudha, a work on Dvaita Vedanta which has been published by this institution. It has in its custody vast collection of thousands of palm-leaf manuscripts.

Notable works

Satyapramoda Tirtha composed six major works, most of them are commentaries, glosses and few independent works. His work ''Nyayasudha Mandanam'' is an answer to Anantakrishna Sastri's, (an

advaita ''Advaita Vedanta'' (; sa, अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term ''Advaita'' (l ...

scholar) criticism of

Jayatirtha Sri Jayatirtha (), ''also known as'' Teekacharya () (1345 - 1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the most important seers in ...

's ''Nyaya Sudha'' and the general criticism of the post- Sankara

Advaita ''Advaita Vedanta'' (; sa, अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term ''Advaita'' (l ...

thinkers of Dvaita. * ''Nyayasudha Mandanam'' * ''Yuktimallika Vyakhyana'' * ''Vaishnava Sidhantarjavam'' * ''Vijayendra Vijaya Vaibhavam'' * ''Bhagavataha Nirdoshattva Lakshanaha'' * ''Vayustuti Mandanam''

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Vijayeendra Vijaya Vaibhavam (Sanskrit text)Yuktimalika Vyakhyana (Sanskrit text)
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Jayateertha Vidyapeetha

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