List of works by Jayatirtha explained

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.

Commentaries on the works of Madhvacharya

NameDescriptionReferences
TattvasaṁkhyānaṭikāCommentary on Tattvasaṁkhyā
TattvavivekaṭikāCommentary on Tattvaviveka
TattvoddyotaṭikāCommentary on Tattvoddyota
ViṣṇutattvanirṇayaṭikāCommentary on Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya
MāyāvādakhaṇḍanaṭikāCommentary on Māyāvādakhaṇḍana
PrapañcamithyātvānumānakhaṇḍanaṭikāCommentary on Prapañcamithyātvānumānakhaṇḍana
Upādhikhaṅḍanaṭikā Commentary on Upādhikhaṅḍana
PramāṇalakṣaṇaṭikāCommentary on Pramāṇalakṣaṇa
KathālakṣaṇavivaranaCommentary on Kathālakṣaṇa
KarmanirṇayaṭikāCommentary on Karmanirṇaya
TattvaprakāśikāCommentary on Brahma Sutra Bhāṣya
Nyāya SudhāCommentary on Anu Vyakyana
NyāyavivaranaṭikāCommentary on Nyāyavivarana
Ṣaṭpraṣna Upaniṣadbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Ṣaṭpraṣna Upaniṣadbhāṣya
Īśa Upaniṣadbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Īśa Upaniṣadbhāṣya
Ṛgbhāṣya ṬikāCommentary on Ṛgbhāṣya
Gītābhāṣya PrameyadīpikāCommentary on Bhagavad Gītā bhaṣya
Gītā Tātparya NyāyadipikāCommentary on the Bhagavad Gītā Tātparya Nirnaya

Independent works

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

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