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Trivikrama Panḍita who, according to Dr. B. N. K. Sharma
)vide his History of Dvaita School of Vedanta and Its
Literature, Vol. I) flourished C. 1258 to 1320, was the
eldest son of Subramaṇya Panḍita, a Tulu brahmin, who
belonged to the āngirasa gotra. Subramaṇya Panḍita who
hailed from the Likuca family was noted for his poetic
and scholarly attainments. His pious wife who was a
devotee of Lord Śrī Viṣṇu prayed to be blessed with
children enjoying long life. In due course by the joint
graces of Sri Hari and Hara she was blessed with three
children the eldest of whom was Trivikrama Panḍita. It is
said that this child "lisped in mumbers, for the numbers
came ". Nārāyaṇa Pandita says that his father would
compose faultless poetry even when he was a child speaking
indistinctly and gradually became a great poet even as the
new-risen sun becomes brighter and brighter as the day
wears on (M. V. XIII-47). While yet in his teens he com-
posed the Uṣāharaṇa, a Śanskrit kāvya of great beauty, in
nine cantos dealing with the love-affair of Uṣā and
Aniruddha. Though not convinced by advaita śāstra he
continued to study and master it at the instance of his
friends. At the advent of Trivikrama Panḍita on the
Vedāntic horizon others like Bhānu Panḍita sank into
paleness. He had so well mastered the entire advaita śāstra
consisting of over a lakh of granthas that he could expound
and defend it superbly.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune" says Shakesphere in a
different context. One day Subramaṇya Panḍita told his son that
the upāsanā of nirgunṇa brahman would not fetch the desired
mokṣa. Consequently Trivikrama Pandḍita wished to study also
the śastras advocating saguṇōpaāsanā. He realised that all the
twenty one bhāṣyas known during his time on the Brahma
)vide his History of Dvaita School of Vedanta and Its
Literature, Vol. I) flourished C. 1258 to 1320, was the
eldest son of Subramaṇya Panḍita, a Tulu brahmin, who
belonged to the āngirasa gotra. Subramaṇya Panḍita who
hailed from the Likuca family was noted for his poetic
and scholarly attainments. His pious wife who was a
devotee of Lord Śrī Viṣṇu prayed to be blessed with
children enjoying long life. In due course by the joint
graces of Sri Hari and Hara she was blessed with three
children the eldest of whom was Trivikrama Panḍita. It is
said that this child "lisped in mumbers, for the numbers
came
compose faultless poetry even when he was a child speaking
indistinctly and gradually became a great poet even as the
new-risen sun becomes brighter and brighter as the day
wears on (M. V. XIII-47). While yet in his teens he com-
posed the Uṣāharaṇa, a Śanskrit kāvya of great beauty, in
nine cantos dealing with the love-affair of Uṣā and
Aniruddha. Though not convinced by advaita śāstra he
continued to study and master it at the instance of his
friends. At the advent of Trivikrama Panḍita on the
Vedāntic horizon others like Bhānu Panḍita sank into
paleness. He had so well mastered the entire advaita śāstra
consisting of over a lakh of granthas that he could expound
and defend it superbly.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune" says Shakesphere in a
different context. One day Subramaṇya Panḍita told his son that
the upāsanā of nirgu
mokṣa. Consequently Trivikrama Pan
the śastras advocating saguṇōp
twenty one bhāṣyas known during his time on the Brahma