Shri Vyasatatvagna TIrtharu
Period: 1704 - 1800
Parampare : biDi sanyAsigaLu in rAyara maTa
GurugaLu: shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu of rAyara maTa and shri gOpAla dAsaru
VidyA shisyaru: mAdanUr vishNu tIrtharu
PuNya dina: shrAvaNa bahuLa ashTami
BrindAvana: vENi sOmapura on the banks of Tungabhadra
Ankita: vAsudEva viTTala
His pUrvAshrama name was Ayiji venkataramaNAchAr and he was born in Ayiji to Ayiji venkaTa narasimhAchArya, a great mAdhwa scholar. venkaTa narasimhAchArya was a disciple of bhuvanEndra tIrtharu of rAyara maTa. He was also a contemporary of shri gOpAla dAsaru. venkaTa narasimhAchArya once asked shri gOpAla dAsaru about the future of his son. gOpAla dAsaru mentioned that venkaTaramaNa would become a great scholar. He indeed became a great scholar and as per advise of shri gOpAla dAsaru took sanyAsa from shri bhuvanEndra tIrtharu. He was also a great devotee of rAyaru. He also took the ankita of "vAsudEva viTTala" and composed many dEvaranAmAs. One of his popular ones is "bandano gOVinda, chandadi Ananda...".
Shri vyAsatatvagna tIrtharu has consecrated several idols in vENisOmapura, where he attainted brindvana.
1. vENugOpAla swAmy
2. shODasabAhu narasimha dEvaru
3. prANa dEvaru
4. rAma dEvaru
5. hayagrIva dEvaru
His works:
mAnasa smruthi
advaita kuTTana
nyAya damana
kulisha
vyAkyAna on nyAya sudha
ubhayAnauchiti
sudhAdyukti rahasya
tatvaprakAshika TippaNi
tAtparya chandrika TippaNi
nyAyasudhardhakulisha (nyAyAmruta vyAkhyAna)
vishNu-tatva-viNirNaya-TIka: guru prabha and laghu prabha
yati praNava kalpa vyAkyAna
mandanandini – vyAkhyAna for bhAgavatha saptama skandha
gAyatri sAra sangraha – gururasaranjini
In 2013, shri suyatIndra tIrtharu and shri subhudEndra tIrtharu of rAyara maTa visited vENisOmapura and did samarpaNe of "silver kavacha" to shri vyAsatatvagna tIrtharu.
In 2014, shri vidyAdIsha tIrtharu of palimAru maTa visited vENisOmapura and did pUjE to shri vyAsatatvagna tIrtharu.
Category | Aradhana |
month | Sravana |
paksha | Krishna |
tithi | ASHTAMI |
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yogha |