Satyavijaya Tirtha
{{short description|Indian philosopher}}
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name = Satyavijaya Tirtha
| honorific_prefix = Sri
|honorific_suffix =
| religion = Hinduism
| image = Shri Satyavijaya Tirtha Moola Brindavana, Satya Vijaya Nagaram, Tamil Nadu, India.jpg
| caption = Satyavijaya Tirtha Brindavana (tomb) at Satya Vijaya Nagaram, Tamil Nadu, India
| birth_name = Pandurangi Balacharya
| birth_place =
| birth_date =
| death_place =Sathiyavijayanagaram, Tiruvanamalai district, Tamil Nadu
| death_date = 1737
| honors =
|notable_works =
| order = Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
| guru = Satyapurna Tirtha
| predecessor = Satyapurna Tirtha
| successor = Satyapriya Tirtha
| disciples = Varkhed Timmannacharya{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=534}}
| philosophy = Dvaita,
Vaishnavism
}}
{{Vaishnavism}}
{{DvaitaInfobox}}
Shri Satyavijaya Tirtha (died 1737) ({{IAST|Śrī Satya-vijaya Tīrtha}}) was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru, and scholar. He was the successor of Satyapurna Tirtha and the 23rd pontiff of Uttaradi Math since Madhvacharya, the chief proponent and the one who rejuvenated this Dvaita philosophy and served the pontificate from 1726–1737.{{cite book|title=A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72k2wWrna-kC&pg=PA56|page=56|author=Dasgupta|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1949|isbn=978-0521047814}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=A Prehistory of Hinduism|page=60|author=Manu V. Devadevan|date=10 October 2016|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|access-date=10 October 2016|isbn=978-3110517378}}{{cite book|title=A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ml2H_z0E7bAC|page=56|author=Surendranath Dasgupta|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1975|isbn=978-8120804159}}{{cite book|title=Sons of Sarasvati: Late Exemplars of the Indian Intellectual Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vi9uDwAAQBAJ|page=212|author=Chinya V. Ravishankar|publisher=Global Academic Publishing|date=1 September 2018|isbn=978-1438471853}}
Biography
According to hagiographies, Satyavijaya Tirtha was born Pandurangi Balacharya in a prominent family of scholars to Pandurangi Srinivasacharya. Satyavijaya Tirtha was given sanyasa by Satyapurna Tirtha with specific instructions that he, in turn, should hand over the Samsthana to his asrama senior Satyapriya Tirtha. Since Satyavijaya Tirtha was older in age he was given opportunity to be the Pontiff of Uttaradi Math after Satyapurna Tirtha.{{cite book|title=Vyāsatīrtha viracitā Tātparyacandrikā: Jayatīrthaviracita Tattvaprakāśikāyāḥ vyākhyānarūpā : Rāghavendra Tīrthaviracitā Prakāśikayā, Pāṇḍuraṅgi Keśavācāryaviracita Bhāvadīpikayā ca sahitā, Volume 3|page= lxiv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2azWAAAAMAAJ|author=K.T.Pandurangi|publisher=Dvaita Vedanta Studies and Research Foundation|year=2000}} Satyavijaya Tirtha served as the pontiff of Uttaradi Math from 1726 - 1737. During this time according to manuscripts which dates to 1726 A.D Satyavijaya Tirtha was honoured in Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram with certain privileges.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myK8ZYEIu4YC&pg=PA137|title=Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture|page=137|author=K.V. Raman|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=2003|isbn=978-8170170266}} In 1737 he handed over the pontificate to Satyapriya Tirtha. He died in 1737 and his mortal remains are enshrined in a mutt in Satya Vijaya Nagaram (Arani) on the banks of river Kaveri.{{Sfn|Naqvī|Rao|2005|p=780}}
Legacy
- The village where his Brindavana (tomb) is located is named after him as Satya Vijaya Nagaram in Tamil Nadu.{{cite book|title=Glossary of the Madras Presidency: containing a classification of terminology, a gazetteer, and economic dictionary of the province, and other information, the whole arranged alphabetically and indexed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otg-AQAAIAAJ|page=797|author=C. D. Maclean|publisher=Asian Educational Service|year=1982}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|title = A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition|first = B. N. Krishnamurti| last = Sharma| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint) |isbn = 978-8120815759| year= 2000 }}
- {{cite book|title=A Thousand Laurels--Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan, Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DV9uAAAAMAAJ|first1=Ṣādiq|last1=Naqvī|first2=V. Kishan|last2=Rao|publisher=Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Osmania University|year=2005}}
External links
- [https://www.uttaradimath.org/parampara/sri-satyavijaya-tirtha Sri Satyavijaya Tirtha Biography on uttaradimath.org]
Category:Madhva religious leaders