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

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and the disciple of Vedesa Tirtha.

Life

According to hagiographies, Yadupati was born in

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-speaking

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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 Bidarahalli Srinivasa Tirtha (alias ''Bidarahalli Srinivasacharya'') (c. 1600 - c. 1660) was an Indian Hindu scholar and theologian in the Dvaita Vedānta tradition. He is a prolific glossator of the early 17th century. He is the follower of ...

, who is also his disciple was also a Tikakara who composed many works.

Works

There have been many works accredited to Yadavarya, most of which are glosses, polemical tracts and commentaries. His gloss on ''Tattva Sankhyana'' 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

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

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and also perhaps to that of Vidyadhisha Tirtha. He tried to overthrow the objection raised by a critic

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alleging misrepresentations of the

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ka view in ''

Anuvyakhyana The Aṇuvyākhyāna is a Sanskrit work regarding Dvaita philosophy written by 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'', ''Anu Bhashya ...

'' of

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

and a work on

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