Satyanatha Tirtha served as the twentieth pontiff of Uttaradi Math from 1660 to 1673.
23 Facts About Satyanatha Tirtha
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Satyanatha Tirtha was a fiery and prolific writer and very ambitious of the glory of Dvaita Vedanta.
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Satyanatha Tirtha is considered to be one of the stalwarts in the history of the Dvaita school of thought, on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha.
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Satyanatha Tirtha's refutation work Abhinava Gada is a devastating criticism of Appayya's Madhvamathamukhamardhana.
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Sharma wrote, "Satyanatha Tirtha made a bold pronouncement that women and Shudras are eligible for Aparokshajnana exclusively through shravana of Tantra".
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Satyanatha Tirtha composed 12 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha, and several independent treatises criticizing the tenets of contemporary schools, especially Advaita, while simultaneously elaborating upon the Dvaita thought.
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Sharma opined the Satyanatha Tirtha Abhyudaya is same as Satyanatha Tirtha Mahatmya Ratnakara that was quoted in the Konkanabyudaya of Sagara Ramacharya.
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Satyanatha Tirtha was born into an Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family of scholars in 1648 in Miraj, now in the southern part of Maharashtra.
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Satyanatha Tirtha was first ordained Sannyasa as an ordinary ascetic with the name Vidyanatha Tirtha by Krishnadwaipayana Tirtha, for second time he was named Ranganatha Tirtha by Dandaparivritti of Vedanidhi Tirtha and finally for the third time by Satyanidhi Tirtha, with the name Satyanatha Tirtha.
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Satyanatha Tirtha authored twelve works, consisting of polemical tracts, commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha, Vyasatirtha, independent works and a few hymns.
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Satyanatha Tirtha wanted to emulate the example and philosophical work that had been accomplished by Vyasaraja.
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Satyanatha Tirtha's work Abhinavamrita is a commentary on Jayatirtha's Pramana-Paddhati.
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Satyanatha Tirtha's work Abhinavachandrika is composed on the same lines of Vyasatirtha's Tatparya Chandrika, which is a commentary on Jayatirtha's Tattvaprakasika, which apart from elucidating the concepts of the source text, criticises the allegations against Madhva raised by Appaya Dikshita and other grammarians.
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Satyanatha Tirtha wrote glosses on the three Khandanas of Madhva.
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Satyanatha Tirtha's commentaries on Dasaprakaranas texts are called Parasu, which is an indication of his intention to cut the opponents arguments to pieces.
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Satyanatha Tirtha's works are referred as the Abhinava Granthas and Parashu Granthas.
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Satyanatha Tirtha takes a bold stand on several points regarding interpretation of original texts he is commenting and anticipates fresh objections against the originals and knocks them down.
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Satyanatha Tirtha is considered to be one of the foremost stalwarts of Dvaita thought.
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Satyanatha Tirtha is revered for his philosophical and dialectical thought, and his role in spreading the school of Dvaita across the subcontinent, especially in Bihar.
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Satyanatha Tirtha has been eulogised by Chalari Samkarsanacarya in his biographical works Satyanatha Abhyudaya and Satyanatha Mahatmya Ratnakara.
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Sharma credited Satyanatha Tirtha with converting remaining Gayapalas and strengthening the hold of Madhva Siddhanta among the Gayawala Pandas of Gaya, who had been converted to Madhvism by his predecessor Vidyadhisha Tirtha.
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Satyanatha Tirtha was significantly influenced by Vyasatirtha, Jayatirtha, Padmanabha Tirtha and Madhva, in that he borrowed from their style and method of enquiry.
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Satyadhyana Satyanatha Tirtha's Chandrikamandana derives some of its aspects from Abhinava Chandrika.