Sri Jayatirtha

mithyA sidhdhAnta durdhvAnta vidhvamsana vichakshaNaH |

jayatIrthAkhya taraNIrbhAsatAm no hrudambare ||

Adherents of tattvavAda or dvaita owe a lot to shrI Jaya tIrtha, also known as TIkAkRutpAdaru or TikArAyaru. Like hanumanta communicating the thoughts of Lord Rama to sIta Devi, jayatIrtharu is the messenger who brings us the message of shrI AchArya Madhva. He has delved deep into AchArya Madhva’s works and brought us innumerable pearls of wisdom and insight. So much so that it is impossible to study madhvA shAstra without his help.

 All the luminaries who have graced dvaita – shrIpadarAja, VyAsarAya, VAdirAja, VijayIndra, RaghUttama, RaghavEndra tIrtha, to name a few – have acknowledged his immense contribution to dvaita and built on the foundation laid by him.

 To put it symbolically, one may consider the sarvamUla granthas (AchArya Madhva’s works) as the temple that AchArya Madhva built for his favorite deity, nArAyaNa or Vishnu. Like jaya guarding the portals of vAikunTha, jayatIrtha regulates entrance to this shrine. One has to obtain his blessings in order to enter this temple and obtain the grace of the enshrined deity

It is believed that he wrote 21 works in all – 18 commentaries on works by shrImadAchArya and 3 independent works. Srimannyayasudha is his magnum opus.