Guest guest Posted February 11, 2000 Report Share Posted February 11, 2000 Continued.... Sri Narayana Tantri of Udipi has rendered yoemen service to Dvaita literature through his translations of the works of Sri Madhvacharya .Prominent among them are the Brahma Sutra Bhashya, Gita Bhashya, Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya and Bhagavata Tatparya Nirnaya.His style is simple and the translations are true to the original. One of the leading scholars of Dvaita Siddhanta was Rao Bahadur Prof. Venkateshachar.He was the leading light for many aspirers in DvaitaSiddhanta. A person who could analyse every thing with the eyes of a physicist , he studied Dvaita Vedanta in depth. He has translated Sri Vadiraja's 'Sruti Tattvaprakashika' into Kannada. A collection of his lectures and writings is published posthumously and is named 'Vedanta Dipika'. The contribution of Rama Rao of 'Subodha' fame was no small achievement. Apart from managing the publication and distribution of his magazine(he was called ''Subodha RamaRao' becuase of his editing Subodha,a magazine which was very popular among Madhvas) ,he edited a no. of books including collections of the Kirtanas of Sri Puirandara Dasa . He wrote a small primer of Madhva philosophy called 'Madhvasiddhanta balabodhe' which is based on Sri Vyasatirtha's sloka'Sriman MqadhvamatE hHari:h partatara:h...'. The establishment of Purnaprajna Vidya peetha and Akhila BharataMadhvaMahamandala under the guidance of Sri Visveshateertha swamiji makes another landmark in the development of Dvbaita litererature in Kannada. Swamiji himself is a very good writer. His lectures on the Bhagavadgita in Hubli and Dharwar in the sixties has been the subject of 'Gita Saroddhara' a tranaslation of which in English may be found in the archives of Dvaita-list. His Translation of Vishnu TattvaNirnaya of Srimadacharya is a very useful book for those who desire to study this difficult work. He has given a summary of Sriman Nyayasudha in his book 'Nyayasudhasara' in lucid prose. Anyone who knows about the Nyayasudha has to wonder whether its contents could be brought in such simple prose. Swamiji has also written some small booklets on Dvaita philosophy. to be continued... Bannur.R Talk to your friends online with Messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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