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{{short description|Hindu guru}}
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name =Satyadhyana Tirtha
| image =Satyadhyana Tirtha.jpg
| honorific_prefix = His Holiness Śrī Śrī 1008 Śrī
|honorific_suffix =Śrīpād
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_name = Korlahalli Sethuramacharya
| birth_place = [[Chikodi]], [[Belgaum district]], [[Karnataka]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1872|12|24}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1942|3|24|1872|12|24}}
| death_place = [[Pandharpur]], [[Solapur district]], [[Maharashtra]]
| honors =
| order = [[Vedanta]] ([[Uttaradi Math]])
| guru = [[Satyajnana Tirtha]]
| successor = [[Satyaprajna Tirtha]]
| disciples =
| literary_works =Gitasarasangraha, Chandrikamandanam, Advaita Branti Prakasha, Sudarshana Mahatmya
| philosophy = [[Dvaita]], [[Vaishnavism]]
|spouse = Savitri Bai
}}
{{Vaishnavism}}
{{DvaitaInfobox}}

'''Satyadhyana Tirtha''' ({{IAST|Śrī Satya-dhyāna Tīrtha}}) (24 December 1872 – 24 March 1942) was an Indian [[Hindu]] [[philosopher]], [[scholar]], [[yogi]], [[Mysticism|mystic]], [[theologian]] and [[saint]]. He was the 38th pontiff of [[Uttaradi Math]] and served the pontificate from 1911-1942. He was considered most active and zealous pontiffs of 20th century.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=548}} He was an untiring propagandist, the best debater of his days and almost a terror to his adversaries in philosophical polemics. It was at his initiative and inspiration that a splendid [[Marathi language|Marathi]] translation of [[Madhva]]'s ''Brahmasutra Bhashya'', with the ''Tatvaprakashika'' of [[Jayatirtha]] was published for the benefit of a large number of followers of [[Madhvacharya]] in [[Maharashtra]].{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}} He made extensive tours all over India, held disputations and published polemical tracts and phamplets in many languages in North and South India for free distribution. He started, ''Sriman Madhva Siddhanta Abhivruddhikarini Sabha'' around 1905-06 and registered in 1930 to promote the study of [[Sanskrit literature]] and [[philosophy]], particularly the study of [[Dvaita Philosophy]], to hold meetings and conferences of Madhva scholars.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFk5AAAAIAAJ|page=130|publisher=Institute of Traditional Cultures|year = 1957}}</ref>

==Biography==
Satyadhyana Tirtha was born into an ancient [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Madhva Brahmin]] family{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=198}} of erudite scholars on 24 December 1872 in a village called [[Chikodi]] in [[Karnataka]] to Korlahalli Jayaramacharya (Purvashrama name of Satyadhira Tirtha's father) and Krishna Bai. Satyadhyana Tirtha's purvashrama name was
Korlahalli Sethuramacharya. His father Satyadhira Tirtha was 37th pontiff of [[Uttaradi Matha]].{{Sfn|Rao|1984|p=90}} Satyadhyana Tirtha had wide experience in the administration of the mutt, for many years as the diwan of the mutt. He was a shrewd judge of men and things. He had a keen sense of humour and had a ready way of putting everyone at ease with him. He was always accessible to students, scholars and those interested in philosophical problems. He appreciated Sāstraic learning wherever it was found, irrespective of sectarian affiliations. He had a knack of discovering hidden talent in the younger generation and inspired many young scholars who had taken University degrees in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Philosophy]] with a zest for research work in [[Vedanta]].{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}} He championed the cause of [[Dvaita Vedanta]] for more than a quarter of century and made a deep and lasting impression on the world of traditional scholarship in [[Vedanta]], by his tours and disputations and by his publications, distributed free all around. At the famous [[Dvaita]]-[[Advaita]] debate in [[Kumbakonam]] in 1929-30, he made history by engaging some of the veteran [[scholar]]s of [[advaita]] headed by Anantha Krishna Shastri and forcing them all to retreat in despair.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}} He engaged leading men of his day like [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] in philosophical debate; and founded a chair of Dvaita Vedanta and an endowment for the publication of [[Dvaita]] works written by North Indian authors, at the [[Benares Sanskrit College]] and edited ''[[Abhinavagada]]'', ''Advaitakalanala'', and other controversial classics.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}} He gave sumptuous encouragement to scholars of all schools of thought and used to hold annual sabhas of scholars at [[Tirupati]], and elsewhere, to examine and reward scholars in various branches of learning. He was foremost of the pontiffs of [[Hinduism]]. He travelled all over [[India]] many times, visiting great centers of traditional learning and places of religious importance like [[Benares]], [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] and [[Dvārakā|Dwaraka]] in north and places in the south. He created a countrywide revival of interest on Madhva Siddhāntha and raised the prestige of the system in the estimation of the followers of other schools of [[Vedanta]]. He made a deep impression on the contemporary philosophical life, by his magnetic personality and by his untiring energy and drive.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}} Satyadhyana Tirtha ruled the pontificate for 31 years. After his death on 24 March 1942, his mortal remains were enshrined in the mutt at [[Pandharpur]] in [[Maharashtra]]. He was succeeded by Satyaprajna Tirtha.{{Sfn|Rao|1984|p=90}}

==Works==
Satyadhyana Tīrtha authored many works consisting of polemical tracts, commentaries on the works of [[Madhva]] and [[Jayatirtha]]. His ''Chandrikamandanam'' is a refutation of Ramasubba Shastri of [[Thiruvisanallur]]'s critique of ''Tatparyachandrika'' of [[Vyasatirtha]].

===List of Notable works===
The following are his notable works:{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=549}}{{Sfn|Potter|1995|p=1473}}

'''Sanskrit'''
*''Gitasarasangraha''
*''Gitapradhipadarthachadrika''
*''Bheda Paranyeva Khalu Brahma Sutrani''
*''Chandrikamandanam''
*''Gita Vimarsha''
*''Brahma Sutra Vimarsha''
*''Advaita Branti Prakasha''
*''Gita Lekhana Mala''
*''Bhasma Dharana Nisheda tathaa Urdhvapundra Dharanam''
*''Sudarshana Mahatmya''

'''Kannada'''
*''Sabhasara Sangraha Part I (civil suit), II and III''
*''Geethopanyasagalu''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=Srimat Uttaradi Mutt: Moola Maha Samsthana of Srimadjagadguru Madhvacharya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAIVAAAAMAAJ|first=C. R.|last=Rao|year=1984}}
* {{cite book|title = A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition|first = B. N. Krishnamurti| last = Sharma| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint) |isbn = 978-8120815759| year= 2000 }}
*{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies. 1, Bibliography : Section 1, Volumes 1-2|first=Karl H.|last=Potter|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publications|year=1995 |isbn=978-8120803084}}
*{{cite book|title=A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 4|first=Surendranath|last=Dasgupta|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1975|isbn=978-8120804159}}

==External links==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=ktAMAAAAIAAJ Candrikāmaṇḍanam (Sanskrit)]

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