Śrī Lakṣmīnātha Tīrtharu was the 19th Pīṭhādhipati of Śrī Sosale Vyāsarāja Maṭha, serving from 1642 to 1660. His Guru was Śrī Lakṣmīvallabha Tīrtha, and his disciple was Śrī Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha. His ārādhana is observed in the month of Śrāvaṇa, during Śukla Pakṣa, on Trayodaśī tithi. His Brindāvana is located in Srirangam.
His charama śloka is:
nĀtha mĀneṣṭa mandĀraha, srInĀtha smaraṇĀdharaḥ |
laśmīnĀthĀkya gururĀṭ yIpsitārtha pradoṣṭunāḥ ||
There are five Brindāvana locations in Srirangam associated with the Śrī Sosale Vyāsarāja Maṭha. Śrī Lakṣmīnātha Tīrtha was the first to make Srirangam his abode. The complete list of Brindāvana locations in Srirangam is:
Śrī Lakṣmīnātha Tīrtharu
Śrī Lakṣmīpati Tīrtharu
Śrī Lakṣmīnidhi Tīrtharu (did not adorn the Pīṭa)
Śrī Vidyāśrīdhara Tīrtharu
Śrī Vidyāvaridhi Tīrtharu
Śrī Lakṣmīnātha Tīrtharu received two grants during his period: one in 1643 AD from Tirumala Nayaka of Madurai and another from Srirangaraya III (1642–1667), the last of the Emperors of Vijayanagara, who had his capital at Penukonda.
He mentions Yādavendra Tīrtha as his Vidyāguru. This Yādavendra Tīrtha is likely the same Yādavendra Tīrtha who was the first disciple of Śrī Sudhīndra Tīrtha of Rāyara Maṭha before Śrī Sudhīndra Tīrtha gave sanyāsa to Rāyaru.
One of his notable works is a learned commentary on Nyāyamṛta, for which a couple of manuscripts are available at the Madras Oriental Library. One of these manuscripts runs to 8,000 granthas, and it includes a lucid and elaborate exposition of several Mimāṃsā Nyāyas pressed into service in the Nyāyamṛta.
He also authored a commentary on Chandrika, called Chandrika Subhodini.
Dr. A R Panduranga Rao of Triplicane, Chennai, took great effort to identify and copy manuscripts of Śrī Lakṣmīnātha Tīrtha from the Madras Oriental Library. In 1997, he organized a Sabha at the Brindāvana sannidhāna in Srirangam with eminent scholars like Śrī Mysore Seshagiri Rao, Dr. D. Prahaladachar (the current Pīṭhādhipati of Śrī Sosale Vyāsarāja Maṭha as Śrī Vidyāśrīsha Tīrtha), and Śrī Haridasa Bhat.
Would you like more details or clarifications on any part of this information?.
| Category | Aradhana |
| month | Sravana |
| paksha | Shukla |
| tithi | Trayodashi |
| Nakshatra | |
| yogha |
