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use of Pūrva mīmāmsa rules. The sting of his endless
arguments assailing the opponents' views and the

arguments assailing the opponents&apos; views and the
exhibition of the strenght of the supporting evidences,
was so effective that the opponents thought of the

was so effective that the opponents thought of the
refutation of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha'&apos;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 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
 
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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

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.
 
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Another great contribution of Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha is

the Haridāsa movement in Karnataka. Though the

movement was already given a start by śrī śrīpādarāja,
 
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