13 Facts About Vidyadhisha Tirtha

Vidyadhisha Tirtha, was an Indian philosopher, scholar, theologian, saint and dialectician.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha served as the sixteenth pontiff of Uttaradi Math from 1619 to 1631.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha is considered to be one of the important stalwarts in the history of Dvaita school of thought on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha is the most celebrated pontiff of Uttaradi Math after Padmanabha Tirtha, Jayatirtha and Raghuttama Tirtha.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha composed 10 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha and several independent treatises.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha's work Vakyartha Chandrika is an elaborate, complicated commentary known for its brilliance.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha was born as Narasimhacharya in a Pandurangi family of scholars to Anandacharya or Ananda Bhattaraka, who was an erudite scholar in Nyaya, Vedanta, Mimamsa, Vyakarana and a disciple of Raghuttama Tirtha of Uttaradi Math.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha was married early and settled in Puntamba, to teaching.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha have defeated many learned scholars of his village like Tama Bhatta, Golinga Shivabhatta, Vishva Pandita and others in Tarka and Vyakarana.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha's learning and achievements attracted Vedavyasa Tirtha of Uttaradi Math, who honoured him with presents and invited him to Mannur on the Bhima River, where he was persuaded to take orders and was ordained a monk under the name Vidyadhisha.

Vidyadhisha Tirtha visited Dhanushkoti, Madurai, Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kumbhakonam, Kanchi, Dharmapuri and Udupi in south.

The descendants of Vidyadhisha Tirtha family have subsequently installed his image in Tuminakatte near Ranebennur where they celebrate his anniversary, every year, as the original Brindavana of Ekachakranagara could not be located.

The number of extant works ascribed to Vidyadhisha Tirtha are ten in number.