Essay name: Srikara Bhashya (commentary)
Author: C. Hayavadana Rao
The Srikara Bhashya, authored by Sripati Panditacharya in the 15th century, presents a comprehensive commentary on the Vedanta-Sutras of Badarayana (also known as the Brahmasutra). These pages represent the introduction portion of the publication by C. Hayavadana Rao.
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INTRODUCTION 143 eight miles from Allahabad and that he died there. Those
who follow his religion are to be found mostly in Bombay,
more especially in Guzerat, Rajputana and Muttra. There
are, however, a few immigrant merchants in the Madras
Presidency who are adherents of Vallabha's religion. Ac-
cordingly MSS. of his works are occasionally to be met
with in Southern India as well. (See for references to
these, Seshagiri Sastri, Madras Report on S膩nskrit and
Tamil MSS., I, Nos. 26-42, 46, 46e, which is wrongly
described; also Madras D.C. of Sanskrit MSS., XI,
Nos. 5123-5156.) Among these are the following:-
Brahma-S奴trabhashya, which is a commentary on the
Brahma-Sutras of Vy膩sa, Bh膩gavatatatvadipika, also called
Tattvadi panibandhana or simply Tattvadipa, 27 which fixes
the meaning of the Bh膩gavata, a work very similar in intent
to Anandatirtha's Bhagavatat膩tparyanirnaya; Sanny膩sa-
nirnaya, which inculcates the methods of Sanny膩sa;
Antaha-karana-prabodha, well described as an apostrophe
to the mind in which Vallabha declares that Sri Krishna
is the Supreme Being and that devotion to him in love and
faith brings salvation; Jalabh膿dast艒tram, 28 a work classify-
ing the divine qualities of Vishnu according to the qualities
found in certain varieties of water; Viv膿kadhairy膩srayanam,
on the need of wisdom, courage and faith in God for the
attainment of salvation; S膿v膩phalam, which sets forth the
advantages to be derived from piety and loving devotion to
Lord Sri Krishna; and B膩lab艒dha, which deals with the
two ways of pursuing the objectives dharma, artha, k膩ma
and m艒ksha. The Pushtiprav膩ha-mary膩da, which is
attributed to Acharyachandra, may perhaps be also set
down to Vallabha. This work is devoted to the doctrines
27 Vallabha was the author of only a part of this work. He
composed the commentaries on the first three Skandhas of the
Bh膩gavata, the rest being done by his son Vitthala as is clear from
the colophon to the fourth Skandha.
28 There is a commentary called Jalabh膿datika : Bh膩vap奴rna, on
this work by one Kaly膩naraya (Madras D.C. of Sanskrit MSS.,
XI, No. 5126),
