श्रीव्यासयोगिचरितम् /6

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<p lang="en">PREFACE
 
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<p lang="sa">One of the programmes of Dvaita Vedanta Foundation

is to publish the biographies of the saint scholars.

Starting from Śrī Madhvavijaya, there are about two

dozen biographies of saint scholars in Sanskrit. These

are in different literary forms such as Mahākāvya, Champū

and Drama. These are important from three points

of view:
 
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<p lang="sa">i) These give a good account of the academic and

Social achievements of the saint scholars.
 
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<p lang="sa">ii) These contain valuable historical information about

the kings and royal families who patronised

learning and social welfare activities.
 
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<p lang="sa">iii) These are excellent literary compositions.
 
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<p lang="sa">The publication of these works will be useful to

the scholars as well as to the devotees.
 
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<p lang="sa">We are now publishing in this series the unique

biographical Champūkāvya viz., Vyāsayogicarita compo-

sed by the famous poet Somanatha on the occasion

of the Vyāsarāja Vaibhava Celebrations organised by

the devotees of Śrī Vyāsarāja.
 
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<p lang="sa">Somanatha was a younger contemporary of Śrī

Vyāsarāja. He had the previlege of personally observing

Śrī Vyāsarāja'&apos;s great deeds and academic achievements.

He gives a graphic account of Śrī Vyāsarāja's life
&apos;s life
and the contemporary events. He also describes the

great devotion of King Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar
 
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