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way that remained true to the strict boundaries of 艢a峁噆ara's
system, and the only one to work at this problem
systematically.
Flourishing in the second half of the
17 sixteenth century C.E., Madhusudana was the last of the
great thinkers of the classical, post-艢amkara Advaita,
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indeed of the whole pre-modern period of Indian philosophy.
His credentials as a staunch Advaitin are impeccable, as we
shall see. He was known as an intellectual giant whose
mastery of all branches of learning was phenomenal.
his works, we can judge that this reputation was well
In addition to being a master of the more
strictly religious disciplines such as Ved膩nta and Yoga,
Madhusudana was accomplished in aesthetics (alam-
deserved.
k膩ra), grammar (vy盲kara峁嘺), and, not the least, the
forbiddingly difficult "New Logic" (navyany膩ya).
The last
of these disciplines had originated at Navadvipa, in his
native Bengal, where he studied it under the greatest
masters of his time. Madhusudana also displayed
considerable talent as a poet, and is said to have been able
to compose extempore involved metrical pieces in flawless
classical Sanskrit.
This intellectual acumen and wide learning
contributed to his effectiveness as a polemicist--he used
the techniques of the navyany膩ya, for example, with
devastating skill against any who challenged the viewpoint