Vyasatirtha - Contribution

Contribution

Vyasatirtha was a Psalmist in Kannada and had composed many beautiful songs in his mother tongue Kannada. More than even for his own compositions, his name will have to be invested with special significance as that of a person who gave to India, both Purandaradasa, the father of Carnatic music, and Kanakadasa, disciples of Vyasaraya. Those who know anything about the history of great haridasa's and their literature will have no difficulty in realizing service rendered by Vyasatirtha to the cause of popular religion and cultural revival. The influence of Vyasatirtha was felt far beyond the limits of Karnataka, in the heart of distant Bengal. It is now fairly well known that the Bhakti movement of Chaitanya who flourished wholly within the lifetime of Vyasatirtha, owed a great deal of its inspiration to philosophy of Madhva and its exposition by Vyasatirtha. If properly viewed, the influence of Vyasatirtha would be seen to have brought about a glorious religious renaissance in the 16th century, simultaneously in the north and in the south India.

There was a huge family of students to Vyasa Tirtha.To name a few are Purandaradasa,Kanakadasa, Vadiraja Tirtha,Sreenivasa Thirtha, Vijayendra Thirtha,Somanatha Kavi (author of Sri Vyasa Yogi Charitam), Govinda Wodeyar.

The Contemprories of Vyasatirtha were:

  1. Surendra Tirtha and Vijayendra Tirtha of Rayara Mutt.
  2. Raghunatha Tirtha,Raghuvarya Tirtha and Raghotthama Tirtha of Uttaradhi Mutt.
  3. Sripadarajaru (Vidya guru of Vyasathirtha and nephew of Bhramanya Tirtharu) .
  4. Bhramanya Tirtha(Guru who ordained Vyasa Tirtha to sanyasa ashrama).
  5. Salva Narasimha Bhupala.
  6. Krishnadevaraya.
  7. Chamaraja Wodeyar III.
  8. Pakshadhara Mishra(who got defeated by Vyasatirtha in Philosophical debate).
  9. Achutaraya

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