List of works by Jayatirtha

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The number of extant works ascribed to Jayatirtha are 21 in number, 18 of which are commentaries on the works of the 13th century Hindu philosopher and theologian, Madhvacharya. He also crafted three significant independent treatises dealing with the epistemology of Dvaita philosophy and refutation of the ontological aspects of Advaita. His precise and lucid style of writing earned him the distinction of Tikacharya or commentator par-excellence. His works were heavily commented upon by subsequent Dvaita philosophers like Vyasatirtha, Vijayendra Tirtha, Vadiraja Tirtha, Raghuttama Tirtha, Raghavendra Tirtha and Satyanatha Tirtha. [1]

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Commentaries on the works of Madhvacharya

NameDescriptionReferences
TattvasaṁkhyānaṭikāCommentary on Tattvasaṁkhyā [2]
TattvavivekaṭikāCommentary on Tattvaviveka [3]
TattvoddyotaṭikāCommentary on Tattvoddyota [3]
ViṣṇutattvanirṇayaṭikāCommentary on Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya [4]
MāyāvādakhaṇḍanaṭikāCommentary on Māyāvādakhaṇḍana [5]
PrapañcamithyātvānumānakhaṇḍanaṭikāCommentary on Prapañcamithyātvānumānakhaṇḍana [5]
UpādhikhaṅḍanaṭikāCommentary on Upādhikhaṅḍana [5]
PramāṇalakṣaṇaṭikāCommentary on Pramāṇalakṣaṇa [6]
KathālakṣaṇavivaranaCommentary on Kathālakṣaṇa [7]
KarmanirṇayaṭikāCommentary on Karmanirṇaya [7]
TattvaprakāśikāCommentary on Brahma Sutra Bhāṣya [8]
Nyāya SudhāCommentary on Anu Vyakyana [9]
NyāyavivaranaṭikāCommentary on Nyāyavivarana [10]
Ṣaṭpraṣna Upaniṣadbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Ṣaṭpraṣna Upaniṣadbhāṣya [10]
Īśa Upaniṣadbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Īśa Upaniṣadbhāṣya [11]
Ṛgbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Ṛgbhāṣya [12]
Gītābhāṣya PrameyadīpikāCommentary on Bhagavad Gītā bhaṣya [13]
Gītā Tātparya NyāyadipikāCommentary on the Bhagavad Gītā Tātparya Nirnaya [14]

Independent works

NameDescriptionReferences
VādāvalīRefutation of the Advaita concept of the illusoriness of the world. [15]
PramāṇapaddhatīWork on the epistemological aspects (Pramana) of Dvaita. [16]
PadyamālāA small treatise dealing with the aspects of worship mentioned in Madhvacharya's Tantrasārasamgraha. [16]

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