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use of Pūrva mīmāmsa rules. The sting of his endless
arguments assailing the opponents' views and the
exhibition of the strenght of the supporting evidences,
was so effective that the opponents thought of the
refutation of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha's works while he was
still alive. The attempt to refute his works, was made
not in the south but in the north of India, in Vārāṇasi
the far away place which from time immemorial had
the reputation of being a seat of learning. There,
Madhusudana Saraswati one of the great scholars of
the time and a staunch advaitin wrote Adwaita Siddhi
criticising almost every statement of Nyāyāmṛta of Śrī
Vyāsa Tīrtha. The tradition tells that in no time the
refutation of Adwaita Siddhi also appeared on the scene.
The fact that over the centuries, the discussions on
the points raised by Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha in his works,
have been carried on with the same vigour testifies
to the prominent position that they hold in the
philosophical world. It is significant that though Śrī
Vyāsa Tīrtha made use of the techniques that were
provided by the other systems, he did not reconcile
with their philosophical views. Instead he wrote a separate
work called Tarka Tāṇḍava severely criticising the Navya
Nyāya and Pūrva mīmāmsa schools. Though Śrī Vyāsa
Tirtha had shown novelty and ingenuity of his own
in tackling the philosophical problems he was modest
and honest to the core that he invariably traced the
roots of his argument in the works of Sri Madhwa
and Sri Jayatīrtha. That is indeed the greatness of
Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha.
Another great contribution of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha is
the Haridāsa movement in Karnataka. Though the
movement was already given a start by śrī śrīpādarāja,
use of Pūrva mīmāmsa rules. The sting of his endless
arguments assailing the opponents' views and the
exhibition of the strenght of the supporting evidences,
was so effective that the opponents thought of the
refutation of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha's works while he was
still alive. The attempt to refute his works, was made
not in the south but in the north of India, in Vārāṇasi
the far away place which from time immemorial had
the reputation of being a seat of learning. There,
Madhusudana Saraswati one of the great scholars of
the time and a staunch advaitin wrote Adwaita Siddhi
criticising almost every statement of Nyāyāmṛta of Śrī
Vyāsa Tīrtha. The tradition tells that in no time the
refutation of Adwaita Siddhi also appeared on the scene.
The fact that over the centuries, the discussions on
the points raised by Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha in his works,
have been carried on with the same vigour testifies
to the prominent position that they hold in the
philosophical world. It is significant that though Śrī
Vyāsa Tīrtha made use of the techniques that were
provided by the other systems, he did not reconcile
with their philosophical views. Instead he wrote a separate
work called Tarka Tāṇḍava severely criticising the Navya
Nyāya and Pūrva mīmāmsa schools. Though Śrī Vyāsa
Tirtha had shown novelty and ingenuity of his own
in tackling the philosophical problems he was modest
and honest to the core that he invariably traced the
roots of his argument in the works of Sri Madhwa
and Sri Jayatīrtha. That is indeed the greatness of
Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha.
Another great contribution of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha is
the Haridāsa movement in Karnataka. Though the
movement was already given a start by śrī śrīpādarāja,