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'''Gangadhara Vajapeyi'''/ '''Gangadhara Vajapeyin''' /'''{{IAST|Gaṅgādhara Vājapeyayāji}}''' also known by names '''Gangadhara Adhvarin''' and ''' Gangadhara Suri''' was a great [[Historical Vedic religion|vedic]] scholar of the [[Yajurveda]] from [[Thiruvalangadu, Nagapattinam district|Thiruvalangadu]] in [[Nagapattinam district|Nagapattinam]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The crest jewel of divine Dravidian culture|year=1980|pages=xi,xii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvAcAAAAMAAJ&q=Gangadhara+Vajapeyi|last1=Kuppuswami|first1=Appiah}}</ref><ref>The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras – Volumes 65–66 – Page 134, 1984, pp. 134</ref> He was son of Shri Deva Nrisimha [[Bhatt|Bhatta]] and Sumati,<ref name=k/> whose ancestors were connected with [[Appayya Dikshita]].<ref name=y>{{cite book|title=International Sanskrit Conference , Volume 1, Part 1|year=1975|publisher=India. Ministry of Education and Social Welfare|pages=475|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-IvAAAAIAAJ&q=gangadhara+adhvarin}}</ref><ref name=z>{{cite book|title=Contribution of Tamil Nadu to Sanskrit by C. S. Sundaram, G. John Samuel|year=1999|publisher=Institute of Asian Studies|pages=311|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNljAAAAMAAJ&q=gangadhara+adhvarin}}</ref> Gangadhara Vajapeyi was a grandson of Samarapungava Dikshita who had authored books like Advaita Vidyatilakam <ref name=c>{{cite book|title=Advaita Vidyatilakam|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.495837/mode/2up|last1=Dikshita|first1=Samarapungava}}</ref> and Yatra Prabandha.<ref name=d>{{cite book|title=Yatra Prabandha|url=https://archive.org/details/Yatraprabandha/page/n1/mode/2up|last1=Dikshita|first1=Samarapungava}}</ref> Samarapungava Dikshita was a sororal nephew of [[Appayya Dikshita]]. Gangadhara was a disciple of Visvarupa. He was a [[Smarta]] [[brahmin]] belonging to the Vadhula [[gotra]]. | '''Gangadhara Vajapeyi'''/ '''Gangadhara Vajapeyin''' /'''{{IAST|Gaṅgādhara Vājapeyayāji}}''' also known by names '''Gangadhara Adhvarin''' and ''' Gangadhara Suri''' was a great [[Historical Vedic religion|vedic]] scholar of the [[Yajurveda]] from [[Thiruvalangadu, Nagapattinam district|Thiruvalangadu]] in [[Nagapattinam district|Nagapattinam]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The crest jewel of divine Dravidian culture|year=1980|pages=xi,xii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvAcAAAAMAAJ&q=Gangadhara+Vajapeyi|last1=Kuppuswami|first1=Appiah}}</ref><ref>The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras – Volumes 65–66 – Page 134, 1984, pp. 134</ref> He was son of Shri Deva Nrisimha [[Bhatt|Bhatta]] and Sumati,<ref name=k/> whose ancestors were connected with [[Appayya Dikshita]].<ref name=y>{{cite book|title=International Sanskrit Conference , Volume 1, Part 1|year=1975|publisher=India. Ministry of Education and Social Welfare|pages=475|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-IvAAAAIAAJ&q=gangadhara+adhvarin}}</ref><ref name=z>{{cite book|title=Contribution of Tamil Nadu to Sanskrit by C. S. Sundaram, G. John Samuel|year=1999|publisher=Institute of Asian Studies|pages=311|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNljAAAAMAAJ&q=gangadhara+adhvarin}}</ref> Gangadhara Vajapeyi was a grandson of Samarapungava Dikshita who had authored books like Advaita Vidyatilakam <ref name=c>{{cite book|title=Advaita Vidyatilakam|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.495837/mode/2up|last1=Dikshita|first1=Samarapungava}}</ref> and Yatra Prabandha.<ref name=d>{{cite book|title=Yatra Prabandha|url=https://archive.org/details/Yatraprabandha/page/n1/mode/2up|last1=Dikshita|first1=Samarapungava}}</ref> Samarapungava Dikshita was a sororal nephew of [[Appayya Dikshita]]. Gangadhara was a disciple of Visvarupa. He was a [[Smarta]] [[brahmin]] belonging to the Vadhula [[gotra]]. | ||
He was an expert in [[Nyaya]] and [[Tarka sastra| | He was an expert in [[Nyaya]] and [[Tarka sastra|Tarka Shastra]]. He was one of the eight jewels at the court of [[Maratha]] king [[Serfoji I]] of [[Tanjore]]. He had performed the [[Vajapeya]] [[yagna]], which was presided by the Maratha King Serfoji and such given title of Vajapeyi.<ref name=k/> | ||
Most importantly, he is remembered as the [[Guru]] of [[Bhaskararaya]] – one of the greatest [[shrauta]] scholar and exponent of the [[tantra]] of recent times. Bhaskararaya acquired knowledge of the [[Nyaya|Nyaya sastra]] and [[Tarka sastra]] from Gangadhara Vajapeyin. Bhaskararaya was one of the foremost authority [[Shri Vidya]], which he learned from Gandahara Vajapeyi . Bhaskararaya's commentary on the [[Lalita sahasranama]] ([[bhashya]]) and his commentary on the Shri Vidya [[mantra]] and worship are most well known.<ref name=k>{{cite book|title=The Saints of the Cauvery Delta By R. Krishnamurthy|year=1979|pages=30–31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lT-HKzRR08gC&q=Bhaskararaya+gangadhara&pg=PA30}}</ref> | Most importantly, he is remembered as the [[Guru]] of [[Bhaskararaya]] – one of the greatest [[shrauta]] scholar and exponent of the [[tantra]] of recent times. Bhaskararaya acquired knowledge of the [[Nyaya|Nyaya sastra]] and [[Tarka sastra]] from Gangadhara Vajapeyin. Bhaskararaya was one of the foremost authority [[Shri Vidya]], which he learned from Gandahara Vajapeyi . Bhaskararaya's commentary on the [[Lalita sahasranama]] ([[bhashya]]) and his commentary on the Shri Vidya [[mantra]] and worship are most well known.<ref name=k>{{cite book|title=The Saints of the Cauvery Delta By R. Krishnamurthy|year=1979|pages=30–31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lT-HKzRR08gC&q=Bhaskararaya+gangadhara&pg=PA30}}</ref> | ||