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of the Ramacaritamanasa was a contemporary and a friend. While
his reputed meeting with Vallabhacarya, the founder of the
vaishnava faith prevailing in parts of Western India cannot be
easily accepted, there appears to be no difficulty about his
meeting with Appayya Dikshita from the South, who spent his
last years in Vāraṇāsi and with Visvanātha Trakapancḥānona who
was a star just rising in the sky of scholarship during the last
years of Madhusudana Sarasvati.
A large number of works-nearly twenty-are ascribed to the
author of the Siddhanta-bindu. But some of them are doubtful.
These which can be definitely ascribed to him according to Sri
P. C. Diwanji are :
1. Advaita-siddhi, a work on advaita diatectics, establishing
the doctrine after refuting the objections of the eminent Madhva
saint and scholar Vyasa Tirtha.
2. Advaita-ratnarakshā upholding advaita against the follow-
ers of the Nyaya school.
3. Vedānta-kalpalatikā, a short general exposition of the
advaita, particularly the advaitin's idea of mukti.
4. Siddhanta-bindu, a commentary on Sri Sankara Bhaga-
watapada's Daşa-şloki. This is the work now translated.`
5. Sankshepa-säriraka-sāra-sangraha, a commentary on the
Sankshepa-säriraka of Saravajnåtman.
6 Gūdhartha-dipikā, a commentary on the Bhagavadgita
based mostly on Sri Sankara's bhashya and upholding bhakti as
a valid means to liberation.
7. Bhagavad-bhakti-rasāyana, an elaborate exposition of
Bhakti based mostly on the Bhagavata-maha-purana, demonstrating
that it is also a valid means to mukti.
8. Bhagavata-prathama-śloka-vyakhya, a commentary on the
first verse of the Bhagavata.
9. Mahimnasiatra-ţikā, expounding the famous hymn of
Pushpadanta, as being in praise of Hari as well as of Hara.
of the Ramacaritamanasa was a contemporary and a friend. While
his reputed meeting with Vallabhacarya, the founder of the
vaishnava faith prevailing in parts of Western India cannot be
easily accepted, there appears to be no difficulty about his
meeting with Appayya Dikshita from the South, who spent his
last years in Vāraṇāsi and with Visvanātha Trakapancḥānona who
was a star just rising in the sky of scholarship during the last
years of Madhusudana Sarasvati.
A large number of works-nearly twenty-are ascribed to the
author of the Siddhanta-bindu. But some of them are doubtful.
These which can be definitely ascribed to him according to Sri
P. C. Diwanji are :
1. Advaita-siddhi, a work on advaita diatectics, establishing
the doctrine after refuting the objections of the eminent Madhva
saint and scholar Vyasa Tirtha.
2. Advaita-ratnarakshā upholding advaita against the follow-
ers of the Nyaya school.
3. Vedānta-kalpalatikā, a short general exposition of the
advaita, particularly the advaitin's idea of mukti.
4. Siddhanta-bindu, a commentary on Sri Sankara Bhaga-
watapada's Daşa-şloki. This is the work now translated.`
5. Sankshepa-säriraka-sāra-sangraha, a commentary on the
Sankshepa-säriraka of Saravajnåtman.
6 Gūdhartha-dipikā, a commentary on the Bhagavadgita
based mostly on Sri Sankara's bhashya and upholding bhakti as
a valid means to liberation.
7. Bhagavad-bhakti-rasāyana, an elaborate exposition of
Bhakti based mostly on the Bhagavata-maha-purana, demonstrating
that it is also a valid means to mukti.
8. Bhagavata-prathama-śloka-vyakhya, a commentary on the
first verse of the Bhagavata.
9. Mahimnasiatra-ţikā, expounding the famous hymn of
Pushpadanta, as being in praise of Hari as well as of Hara.