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ved and Kamalanayana Pandita was ordained as an Advaitin
monk with the name of Madhusudana Sarasvati.
Then he commenced the other work set by his master, viz.
to repel the latest dialectic attack on Advaita by the eminent
Madhva saint-scholar Vyasa Tirtha in his 'Nyāyāmṛta'. This
he did in his most famous work the Advaita-siddhi wherein, it is
said his mastery of the Advaita Vedanta and of the Nyaya disci-
pline are both seen at their best and subtlest.
It is said that after this work was completed it was seen by
Vyâsa Tirtha also, who feeling that it had to be refuted and that
he was too old to do it himself directed his disciple Vyasa
Rāmācārya to do it.
The latter came to Käsi and studied Advaita-siddhi under
Madhusudana Sarasvati himself, without revealing his intention.
While studying he was also writing his refutation of its thesis and
at the end of his study he presented a copy of his writing, the
Nyāyāmṛtatarangini to his teacher. The latter saw it and told
Rāmācārya that he had known his intentions, even though they
were not revealed by the student and so had taught him the
doctrine without reservation. He also told him that it was not
proper for him to refute the writing of his own student and that
it would be done by a younger man. He asked Sri Brahmananda
Sarasvati who was a student of his student Narayana Tirtha to
undertake this refutation which he did in the form of the
Laghucandrikā, a commentary on the Advaita-siddhi.
It is said that Madusūdana Sarasvati had to meet the
Emperor Akbar, to ask for his assistance to prevent the killing
by Muslim fanatics of Hindu monks, who had taken the vow of
non-violence to all forms of life, and so could not defend
themselves. As a result of that meeting he organized an order of
militant Hindu monks the nägās, for the defence of the other
sanyasins. It is also said that he liberalized the admission to
monastic order, till then open to the Brahmanas only, to the
dvijās or traivarnikās.
Madhusudana lived in an age of giants in every walk of life,
particularly spiritual life. Saint Tulsidas the poet-saint, author
ved and Kamalanayana Pandita was ordained as an Advaitin
monk with the name of Madhusudana Sarasvati.
Then he commenced the other work set by his master, viz.
to repel the latest dialectic attack on Advaita by the eminent
Madhva saint-scholar Vyasa Tirtha in his 'Nyāyāmṛta'. This
he did in his most famous work the Advaita-siddhi wherein, it is
said his mastery of the Advaita Vedanta and of the Nyaya disci-
pline are both seen at their best and subtlest.
It is said that after this work was completed it was seen by
Vyâsa Tirtha also, who feeling that it had to be refuted and that
he was too old to do it himself directed his disciple Vyasa
Rāmācārya to do it.
The latter came to Käsi and studied Advaita-siddhi under
Madhusudana Sarasvati himself, without revealing his intention.
While studying he was also writing his refutation of its thesis and
at the end of his study he presented a copy of his writing, the
Nyāyāmṛtatarangini to his teacher. The latter saw it and told
Rāmācārya that he had known his intentions, even though they
were not revealed by the student and so had taught him the
doctrine without reservation. He also told him that it was not
proper for him to refute the writing of his own student and that
it would be done by a younger man. He asked Sri Brahmananda
Sarasvati who was a student of his student Narayana Tirtha to
undertake this refutation which he did in the form of the
Laghucandrikā, a commentary on the Advaita-siddhi.
It is said that Madusūdana Sarasvati had to meet the
Emperor Akbar, to ask for his assistance to prevent the killing
by Muslim fanatics of Hindu monks, who had taken the vow of
non-violence to all forms of life, and so could not defend
themselves. As a result of that meeting he organized an order of
militant Hindu monks the nägās, for the defence of the other
sanyasins. It is also said that he liberalized the admission to
monastic order, till then open to the Brahmanas only, to the
dvijās or traivarnikās.
Madhusudana lived in an age of giants in every walk of life,
particularly spiritual life. Saint Tulsidas the poet-saint, author