namastey

[sanket bhabha]

dear all
can any body help me to know about 'veeraraghava's' life, time and creations ? he is the critic of UTTARARAMACHARITAM.
thanks

[Ashok Aklujkar]

Uttamuura T. Viira-raaghavacaarya was an extraordinarily accomplished scholar and an impressive religious personality of the twentieth century. A defender of Vi;si.s.taadvaita, he wrote several important commentaries and independent works. Elucidating those works of Vedaanta-de'sika (also known as Ve:nka.ta-naatha, Ve:nka.taarya) which did not have inherited or sufficiently detailed commentaries was his particular accomplishment. He was also unusual among traditionally trained commentators in that he sometimes showed awareness of the relevant findings of Indological research of his time and occasionally did not hesitate to show preference for historical explanations of anomalies in the available textual evidence (e.g., the unavailability of the Sa:nkar.sa-kaa.n.da leading to the postulation of a Devataa-kaa.n.da in certain works of the Vedaanta tradition). Editing the Ubhaya-Vedaanta Grantha-maalaa should also be considered as one of his great accomplishments (here "ubhaya" is used to indicate inclusion of Skt as well as Tamil texts).

After a great deal of effort I was able to determine that Viira-raaghavacaarya was born in 1897. I still have not been able to locate a mention of his death in the resources available to me. He must have lived a reasonably long life, since he was, as I recall, one of the recipients of the Presidential honours (probably Padma-bhuu.sa.na) in the 1970's or a little earlier. The early issues of the Sahitya Akademy periodical Sa.msk.rta-pratibhaa may contain a few of his compositions, but I am not sure that they do.

(The hybrid name Sahitya Akademy is symptomatic of what is happening to Indian languages. Should someone not start a movement to have that name changed to something like Sahitya Prabodhini / Prabodhika?)

Some of Viira-raaghavacaarya's works:
Tattvaarpa.na on Vedaanta-de;sika's Tattva-.tiikaaon Raamaanuja's ;Srii-bhaa.sya.
Saaraartha-ratna-prabhaa on Vedaanta-de;sika's Adhikara.na-saaraavali.
Ki~citkaara on Vedaanta-de;sika's ;Sataduu.sa.nii.
Sat-patha-sa;ncaara on Vedaanta-de;sika's Miimaa.msaa-paadukaa.
Nyaaya-tattva-prakaa;sikå on Vedaanta-de;sika's Nyaaya-pari;suddhi.
Suuk.smaatha-.tiikaa on Vedaanta-de;sika's Se;svara-miimaa.msaa.

Commentaries of Mahaaviira-carita and Uttara-raama-carita.

Miimaa.msaa-meya-sa.mgraha.
Paramaarrtha-bhuu.sa.na

a.a.

[Narasimhachary M]

Dear friends: In continuation of the write up on the life and works of Sri U.Ve. Uttamur Veeraraghavachariar Swami I have immense pleasure and pride in adding a few more details. The present writer had the good fortune of studying some of the works of Sri Yamunacharya (grand teacher of Sri Ramanuja) at the feet of this great savant of Visistadvaita, during 1963-67. This helped him prepare the thesis "Contribution of Sri Yamunacharya to Visistadvaita", under the guidance of Dr V. Raghavan, which was awarded  the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sanskrit by the University of Madras in the year 1967 .
 
The Swami was living at 25, Nathamuni Street, T. Nagar, Chennai 17.  He was holding several significant titles like  Panditaratna,  Tarkarnava, Abhinava Desika and Ubhaya Mimamsa Vallabha, His works, minor and major, are listed around 1000. He was a walking encyclopaedia and expert on several sastras including Bauddha Nyaya.  He was born on 26-1-1897 and passed away on the 28th April 1983.
 
The Swami was an embodiment of simplicity and humility in spite of his prodigious learning. He was teaching Istasiddhi to the late-lamented Senior Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Pitham at the latter's request.  He was the first recipient of the Certificate of Honour for Sanskrit from the President of India. Several well known scholars like Sri U.Ve. Srivatsankacharya Swamin and Dr N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya Swamin have been his students.
 
 
 
Dr M. NARASIMHACHARY,
President Awardee,
Founder Professor and Head (Rtd.)
Department of Vaishnavism,
University of Madras,
Chennai 600005
 

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[Sanskrit Academy, Hyderabad]

Thanks for details about the life ofsri uttamuru SwamigaL. We will
have a list of his works and publication details on the web. Can
anybody provide ? Some books are puiblished by RSV and TTD tirupati.

regards,
shrivara

2010/6/15 Narasimhachary M <drmn...@hotmail.com>:

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> अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।
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> निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।। (भ.गी.)
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[Ashok Aklujkar]

Many thanks to Prof. Narasimhachary for filling the gaps in the information I had about Sri U.Ve. Uttamur Veeraraghavachariar Swami. I particularly appreciate receiving information about the date on which the great scholar (and more importantly a great human being) passed away. Having spent most of my life outside India (i.e., as a nirvaasita scholar!), I frequently do not know the persons from whom I can possibly obtain the information I need. 

(Getting no responses from the librarians, curators and persons in charge of university and research institute publications is also a common experience. The sloppy way in which many research publications refer to their sources is often a nuisance rather than help; names of authors and titles are printed inconsistently; honorary titles alone are used in the place of real-life names as if the person/source meant is known to everyone; editions and places of publication are not specified; the wording is ambiguous or incomplete at crucial places, and so on). 

Has any effort been made to collect all the published and unpublished writings of Viira-raaghavaacaarya in one place and to make digital copies of them, particularly of the unpublished works, including any notebooks he may have left behind?

Pandits of the stature of Viira-raaghavaacaarya have become an almost extinct species. It is an urgent need of the time to collect the notebooks, unpublished kaavyas etc. of the ;saastrins and pa.n.ditas of the last few generations. Requests for such materials should be published periodically in Indian newspapers for a few years. At least one library specializing in modern Sanskrit literature should be created at a central place in India. Where appropriate, the modern Indian language translations and elucidations of uncommonly studied pre-modern Sanskrit works should be included in such a library / such libraries. For several years I have made this suggestion to a trust that gives a generous award for modern writing in Sanskrit. Nothing has come off it so far. Perhaps the Sanskrit Universities can take up the project, with the stipulation that they create mutually accessible electronic catalogues of their acquisitions and agree to share their library resources. 

ashok aklujkar

[Sanskrit Academy, Hyderabad]

Really a very good suggestion is given by Prof. Aklujkar. At least
some research teams should plunge into action in this direction. I
personally take serious note of it and try to make a provision in my
insstt and i urge others also to take such projects.

regards,
shrivara

2010/6/15 Ashok Aklujkar <ashok.a...@ubc.ca>:

[S P Narang]

Let us approach Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan to come forward for this project or collaborate. I fully agree with the project and  offer myself for any help if needed. Regards, spnarang