Bidarahalli Yadupati Acharya (popularly known as Yadavarya or Yadavaryaru) (also known as Yadavacharya) (c. 1580 - c. 1630) was an Indian

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scholar in the Dvaita Vedānta tradition. He is the follower 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 ...

and the disciple of

Vedesa Tirtha Vedesha Tirtha ( - ) (also known as Vedesha Bhiksu also spelles as Vedesha Bikshu), was an Indian Hindu scholar and theologian in the Dvaita Vedānta tradition. He was the disciple of Raghuttama Tirtha and Vedavyasa Tirtha, and is the most ce ...

Life

According to hagiographies, Yadupati was born in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-speaking

Deshastha Madhva Brahmin Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and northern area of the state of Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Bra ...

family in 1580 in a village called Yekkundi which is located in Saundatti taluk of Belgaum district. His father name is Yadappayya. His cousin Bidarahalli Srinivasa Tirtha, who is also his disciple was also a Tikakara who composed many works.

Works

There have been nine works accredited to Yadupati, most of which are glosses, polemical tracts and commentaries. His gloss on ''Tattva Samkhyana'' of

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runs to 300 granthas. He also made a commentary on ''Tattvoddyota'' of

. His ''Nyayasudha Tippani'', a commentary on ''Nyayasudha'' 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 ...

is the most important of his works. This commentary is distinctly anterior to that of

Raghavendra Tirtha Raghavendra Tirtha () (1595 – 1671) was a Hindu scholar, theologian and saint. He was also known as Sudha Parimalacharya (). His diverse oeuvre include commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha, interpretation of the ...

and also perhaps to that of

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. He tried to overthrow the objection raised by a critic

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alleging misrepresentations of the

Mīmāṃsā ''Mīmāṁsā'' (Sanskrit: मीमांसा) is a Sanskrit word that means "reflection" or "critical investigation" and thus refers to a tradition of contemplation which reflected on the meanings of certain Vedic texts.

ka view in ''

Anuvyakhyana The Aṇuvyākhyāna is a magnum opus Sanskrit work in Dvaita philosophy written by Sri Madhvacharya. It is a metacommentary on the author's own commentary on the Brahma Sutras. The other three works on Sutras are ''Brahma Sutra Bhashya'', ''A ...

'' of

. Yadupati made two commentaries on the Bhagavata, a work on ''Bhagvata Tatparya Nirnaya'' of

and a work on

Bhagavata Purana The ''Bhagavata Purana'' ( sa, भागवतपुराण; ), also known as the ''Srimad Bhagavatam'', ''Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana'' or simply ''Bhagavata'', is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (''Mahapuranas''). Composed in Sa ...

. His also made a commentary of ''Yamakabharata''. There are three minor works ascribed to him one is a commentary on ''

Sadachara Smruti Sadachara Smruti or Hymns of Pious Living is a short work of Hindu literature by Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy. The work contains about 35 shlokas. It is essentially an instruction guide for all on the correct rout ...

'' of

and other are praise-poems Vishnu Stotra, Karavalambana Stotra, Daridra Hara Stotra, and Vedavyasa-gadya.

References

Bibliography

* * *{{cite book, title=Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Dvaita Vedanta Philosophy (Vol- XVIII), first=Karl H., last=Potter, publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, year=2015, isbn=978-8120836464

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Daridrya Hara Stotra (Sanskrit)Karavalambana Stotra (Sanskrit)
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