19 Facts About Satyadhyana Tirtha

Satyadhyana Tirtha was an Indian Hindu philosopher, scholar, yogi, mystic, theologian and saint.

Satyadhyana Tirtha was considered most active and zealous pontiffs of 20th century.

Satyadhyana Tirtha was an untiring propagandist, the best debater of his days and almost a terror to his adversaries in philosophical polemics.

Satyadhyana Tirtha made extensive tours all over India, held disputations and published polemical tracts and phamplets in many languages in North and South India for free distribution.

Satyadhyana Tirtha was born into an ancient Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family of erudite scholars on 24 December 1872 in a village called Chikodi in Karnataka to Korlahalli Jayaramacharya and Krishna Bai.

Satyadhyana Tirtha had wide experience in the administration of the mutt, for many years as the diwan of the mutt.

Satyadhyana Tirtha was a shrewd judge of men and things.

Satyadhyana Tirtha had a keen sense of humour and had a ready way of putting everyone at ease with him.

Satyadhyana Tirtha was always accessible to students, scholars and those interested in philosophical problems.

Satyadhyana Tirtha appreciated Sastraic learning wherever it was found, irrespective of sectarian affiliations.

Satyadhyana Tirtha had a knack of discovering hidden talent in the younger generation and inspired many young scholars who had taken University degrees in Sanskrit and Philosophy with a zest for research work in Vedanta.

Satyadhyana Tirtha championed the cause of Dvaita Vedanta for more than a quarter of century and made a deep and lasting impression on the world of traditional scholarship in Vedanta, by his tours and disputations and by his publications, distributed free all around.

Satyadhyana Tirtha engaged leading men of his day like Bal Gangadhar Tilak in philosophical debate; and founded a chair of Dvaita Vedanta and an endowment for the publication of Dvaita works written by North Indian authors, at the Benares Sanskrit College and edited Abhinavagada, Advaitakalanala, and other controversial classics.

Satyadhyana Tirtha gave sumptuous encouragement to scholars of all schools of thought and used to hold annual sabhas of scholars at Tirupati, and elsewhere, to examine and reward scholars in various branches of learning.

Satyadhyana Tirtha travelled all over India many times, visiting great centers of traditional learning and places of religious importance like Benares, Gaya and Dwaraka in north and places in the south.

Satyadhyana Tirtha created a countrywide revival of interest on Madhva Siddhantha and raised the prestige of the system in the estimation of the followers of other schools of Vedanta.

Satyadhyana Tirtha made a deep impression on the contemporary philosophical life, by his magnetic personality and by his untiring energy and drive.

Satyadhyana Tirtha authored many works consisting of polemical tracts, commentaries on the works of Madhva and Jayatirtha.

Satyadhyana Tirtha's Chandrikamandanam is a refutation of Ramasubba Shastri of Thiruvisanallur's critique of Tatparyachandrika of Vyasatirtha.