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Dear Bhakti-vikasa Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories

to Srila Prabhupada.

 

> 2) If Bhaktivinoda Thakura translated and/or published some books of

> Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, or any other acaryas in these or other

> Vaisnava sampradayas.

 

Bhaktivinoda Thakura published (from the list found in the Hindu encounter

with modernity by Shukavak Dasa):

 

- The Mukunda-mala stotra of Kulasekara Alvar in sanskrit, year 1895.

- Sodasa-grantha - sixteen small Sanskrit works by Vallabhacarya, 1895.

- Artha-pancaka - explanation in Bengali of that work by Pilai Lokacarya,

the famous Acarya of the Ramanuja-sampradaya. 1896

- Ramanuja-upadesa - sanskrit verses outlining the philosophy of Ramanuja

with Bengali translation. 1896.

- The Gita commentary of Madhvacarya in Sanskrit, 1898.

 

Of course, he is said to have published the Tattva-muktavali, i.e.

Mayavada-sata-duhsini, with Bengali explanations. The book is said to be by

Madhvacarya in the sources I have, but that is not likely. It is deffinitely

not on the official list of Madhva's books. I include below an explanation

on this matter by HH Bhanu Swami.

 

> This book was published by the gaudiya matha crediting it to madhava

> along with another of madhava's followers works (since Bhaktisiddhanta's

> time???). However, there are other copies of this book available. I found

> one in the sanskrt library of madras. It seems it was written by some

> follower of Lord Caitanya or at least someone from bengal. It is also

> mentioned in Vaisnava Abhidana as the work of Gauda Purnananda

> Cakravarti. it also mentions him as a bengali a disciple of Narayan

> Bhatta.

>

> How the mistake was made in the Gaudiya publication i do not know, but it

> is a big goof.

 

HG Jaya-tirtha-caran Prabhu in his unpublished book about Madhvacarya, on

the other hand, writes:

 

> "Needless to say, for the great Acarya Vyasatirtha to write like this of

> his disciple, Purandara dasa must have been quite an amazing devotee. He

> is reputed to have written the Mayavada Satadusani or Muktavali,

> specifically dealing with the Mayavadis based on the philosophy of

> Madhvacarya."

 

Your servant Atmarama das