Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya () (born 15 June 1946) is an eminent Indian Sanskrit scholar known for his discourses on Sanatana Dharma. He is an expert in the Dvaita school of philosophy, founded by Sri Madhvacharya. Prabhanjanacharya has written, edited and compiled numerous books on Veda, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata etc. in the light of Madhva philosophy.Honour for Sanskrit scholar The Hindu
He has won many titles and awards from Indian and international organizations. He was the chairman of the All India Madhwa Philosophical Conference held in Bangalore in 1994. He was the principal and professor (of Sanskrit) of the Government First Grade College in Bangalore. He opted for voluntary retirement from the job to focus on his spiritual and philosophical pursuits. He founded the Śrī Jayatīrtha Manuscript Library, which focuses on rare and unpublished works in Indian philosophy.
He has also founded the Śrī Vyāsa Madhva Saṁśodhana Pratiṣṭhāna trust, which focuses on enriching Indian culture, tradition and values. The trust, through its publication wing, the Aitareya Prakaashana, publishes numerous works. Prabhanjanacharya has critically edited Sarvamula Granthas - collection of all the works of Sri Madhvacharya, based on a 700-year-old palmleaf manuscript. He has also brought out a series of books called StotraMālikā, which is a wonderful collection of hundreds of rare Stotras and stutis, mainly on the Vaiṣṇava tradition.
Prabhanjanacharya has also edited and published numerous books on the Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. In 2005, he was honoured with the President's award of Certificate of Honour (2005). He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including Rajyotsava Award-2002 (from Govt. of Karnataka), Vidyavachaspati, Jnanaratnakara, Vidyamanya Mahaprashasti and many others for his contribution to the Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy and Dvaita Vedanta.
Early life Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya was born on 15 June 1946 in Vyasanakere, a village in the Bellary district of Karnataka. He obtained B.E. (mechanical) from the Mysore University; B.A. from the Karnataka University; and M.A. (in Sanskrit) from the Bangalore University.
He holds PhD from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha; and D.Litt. from BHU for his critical edition of Sarvamūla works of Jagadguru Śrī Madhvācārya.
Sanskrit works (edited/compiled/authored)
Sanskrit works (edited critically with explanatory notes) 1–7) ŚrīMadhvācāryapraṇītāḥ Sarvamūlagranthāḥ [श्रीमध्वाचार्यप्रणीताः सर्वमूलग्रन्थाः] - collective works of ŚrīMadhvācārya based on an ancient manuscript ascribed to ŚrīAkṣobhyatīrtha; published in three scripts - Devanāgari (Year: 1999), Kannaḍa (2002) and Telugu (2003)
Vol. 1: Gītāprasthānam [गीताप्रस्थानम्] Vol. 2: Sūtraprasthānam [सूत्रस्थानम्] Vol. 3: Upaniṣatprasthānam [उपनिषत्प्रस्थानम्] Vol. 4: Śrutiprasthānam [श्रुतिप्रस्थानम्] Vol. 5: Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇayaḥ, Yamakabhārataṃ ca [महाभारततात्पर्यनिर्णयः, यमकभारतं च] Vol. 6: Bhāgavatatātparyanirṇayaḥ [भागवततात्पर्यनिर्णयः] Vol. 7: Ācāragranthāḥ, Prakaraṇagranthāḥ, Stotragranthāśca [आचारग्रन्थाः, प्रकरणग्रन्थाः, स्तोत्रग्रन्थाश्च] 8) Vedavyākhyānam - 1: Ambhṛṇīsūktam (Vyākhyāpañcakayutam) [वेदव्याख्यानम् - १: अम्भृणीसूक्तम् (व्याख्यापञ्चकयुतम्)], 2022
9) Vedavyākhyānam - 2: Baḷitthāsūktam (Aśṭādaśavyākhyopetam) [वेदव्याख्यानम् - २: बळित्थासूक्तम् (अश्टादशव्याख्योपेतम्)], 2022
10) Vedavyākhyānam - 3: Manyusūktam (Dvādaśavyākhyāsaṃvalitam) [वेदव्याख्यानम् - ३: मन्युसूक्तम् (द्वादशव्याख्यासंवलितम्)], 2022
11) Bhagavadgītāvyākhyānam - Tattvaprakāśikākhyam [भगवद्गीताव्याख्यानम् - तत्त्वप्रकाशिकाख्यम्],2022
12) Viṣṇusahasranāmavyākhyānam - Tattvaprakāśikākhyam [विष्णुसहस्रनामव्याख्यानम् - तत्त्वप्रकाशिकाख्यम्], 2022
13) Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇayavyākhyā - Tattvaprakāśikā [महाभारततात्पर्यनिर्णयव्याख्या - तत्त्वप्रकाशिका], 2022
14) ŚrīPadmanābhatīrthakṛtā Brahmasūtrānuvyākhyānaṭīkā-Sannyāyaratnāvalī [श्रीपद्मनाभतीर्थकृता ब्रह्मसूत्रानुव्याख्यानटीका-सन्न्यायरत्नावली]
15) Daśaprakaraṇāni (ŚrīPadmanābhatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsaṃvalitāni) [दशप्रकरणानि (श्रीपद्मनाभतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासंवलितानि)], 2001
16) ŚrīJayatīrthakṛtā Padyamālā [श्रीजयतीर्थकृता पद्यमाला]
17) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtā Bhāgavatānukramaṇikā [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृता भागवतानुक्रमणिका]
18) ŚrīViṣṇutīrthakṛtaḥ Śrīmadbhāgavatadhṛtasāraḥ [श्रीविष्णुतीर्थकृतः श्रीमद्भागवतधृतसारः]
19) Śāntakavikṛtā ŚrīmadBhāgavatasaṅgraharatnamālā [शान्तकविकृता श्रीमद्भागवतसङ्ग्रहरत्नमाला]
20) Śrīmadbhāgavatadaśaślokī [श्रीमद्भागवतदशश्लोकी]
21) Gītābhāṣyabhāvaprakāśikā (ŚrīPadmanābhatīrthakṛtagītābhāṣyaṭīkā) [गीताभाष्यभावप्रकाशिका (श्रीपद्मनाभतीर्थकृतगीताभाष्यटीका)], 2009
22) Gītābhāṣyabhāvaprakāśikā (ŚrīNaraharitīrthakṛtā Gītābhāṣyaṭīkā) [गीताभाष्यभावप्रकाशिका (श्रीनरहरितीर्थकृता गीताभाष्यटीका)], 2009
23) ŚrīRāghavendratīrthakṛtaḥ Gītātātparyanirṇayaṭīkā-Nyāyadīpikābhāvadīpaḥ [श्रीराघवेन्द्रतीर्थकृतः गीतातात्पर्यनिर्णयटीका-न्यायदीपिकाभावदीपः]
24) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Bhagavadgītālakṣālaṅkāraḥ [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः भगवद्गीतालक्षालङ्कारः], 2009
25) Śrīmadbhagavadgītā (ŚrīVidyādhirājatīrtha-ŚrīRāghavendratīrthavyākhyāsaṃvalitā) [श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता (श्रीविद्याधिराजतीर्थ-श्रीराघवेन्द्रतीर्थव्याख्यासंवलिता)], 2006
26) ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtaḥ Gītāmāhātmyasārasaṅgrahaḥ [श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृतः गीतामाहात्म्यसारसङ्ग्रहः]
27) ŚrīViṣṇutīrthakṛtaḥ Gītāsāroddhāraḥ [श्रीविष्णुतीर्थकृतः गीतासारोद्धारः]
28) VālmīkiRāmāyaṇam (ŚrīSatyaparāyaṇatīrthakṛtavyākhyānasametam) [वाल्मीकिरामायणम् (श्रीसत्यपरायणतीर्थकृतव्याख्यानसमेतम्)], 2017
29) Nārāyaṇapaṇḍitācāryakṛta Saṅgraharāmāyaṇam [नारायणपण्डिताचार्यकृत सङ्ग्रहरामायणम्], 2011
30) ŚrīRājarājeśvaratīrthakṛtaḥ Rāmasandeśaḥ (ŚrīViśvapatitīrthakṛtavyākhyānasahitaḥ) [श्रीराजराजेश्वरतीर्थकृतः रामसन्देशः (श्रीविश्वपतितीर्थकृतव्याख्यानसहितः)], 2019
31) Mahābhārata-Virāṭaparvan (ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametam) [महाभारतविराटपर्व (श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतम्)], 2018
32) Mahābhārata-Virāṭaparvan (LiṅgeriŚrīnivāsācāryakṛtavyākhyāsametam) [महाभारतविराटपर्व (लिङ्गेरिश्रीनिवासाचार्यकृतव्याख्यासमेतम्)], 2019
33) Yakṣapraśnaḥ (Śrīnivāsācāryakṛtavyākhyānasametaḥ) [यक्षप्रश्नः (श्रीनिवासाचार्यकृतव्याख्यानसमेतः)], 2020
34) Mahābhāratasārasaṅgrahaḥ [महाभारतसारसङ्ग्रहः]
35) Śāntakavikṛta Mahābhāratakathāsaṅgraharatnamālikā [शान्तकविकृत महाभारतकथासङ्ग्रहरत्नमालिका]
36) Sāvitryupākhyānam [सावित्र्युपाख्यानम्]
37) Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇayaḥ (ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtavyākhyānasametaḥ) [महाभारततात्पर्यनिर्णयः (श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतव्याख्यानसमेतः)], 1998
38) Nārāyaṇapaṇḍitācāryakṛtaḥ Aṃśāvatāraḥ [नारायणपण्डिताचार्यकृतः अंशावतारः], 1996
39) Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣyam (Śrīviśveśavaratīrthaviracitaṭīkāsametam) [ऐतरेयोपनिषद्भाष्यम् (श्रीविश्वेशवरतीर्थविरचितटीकासमेतम्)], 1998
40) Īśāvāsyopaniṣadbhāṣyam (Śrīvyāsatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametam) [ईशावास्योपनिषद्भाष्यम् (श्रीव्यासतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतम्)], 2010
41) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaṃ Ambhṛṇīsūktavyākhyānam [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतं अम्भृणीसूक्तव्याख्यानम्]
42) ŚrīRāghavendratīrthakṛtaḥ Aitareyopaniṣanmantrārthasaṅgrahaḥ [श्रीराघवेन्द्रतीर्थकृतः ऐतरेयोपनिषन्मन्त्रार्थसङ्ग्रहः]
43) ŚrīRāghavendratīrthakṛtaṃ Ambhṛṇīsūktavyākhyānam [श्रीराघवेन्द्रतीर्थकृतं अम्भृणीसूक्तव्याख्यानम्]
44) Tantrasārasaṅgrahaḥ (ChalāriŚeṣācāryakṛtavyākhyānasahitaḥ) [तन्त्रसारसङ्ग्रहः (छलारिशेषाचार्यकृतव्याख्यानसहितः)], 1993
45) ŚrīRāghavendratīrthakṛtaḥ Tantrasāramantrodddhāraḥ [श्रीराघवेन्द्रतीर्थकृतः तन्त्रसारमन्त्रोद्द्धारः], 1998
46) Sumatīndratīrthakṛta Mantraratnakośaḥ [सुमतीन्द्रतीर्थकृत मन्त्ररत्नकोशः], 2006
47) Yatipraṇavakalpaḥ (Vyāsarāmācāryakṛtavyākhyānasahitaḥ) [यतिप्रणवकल्पः (व्यासरामाचार्यकृतव्याख्यानसहितः)], 2010
48) Raṅgapatibhikṣukṛtā Sannyāsapaddhatiḥ [रङ्गपतिभिक्षुकृता सन्न्यासपद्धतिः], 2016
49) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Pūjākalpaḥ [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः पूजाकल्पः], 2010
50) Āhnikapaddhatiḥ [आह्निकपद्धतिः], 2020
51) ŚrīPāṅghriŚrīnivāsācāryakṛtaḥ Naivedya-Vaiśvadevanirṇayaḥ [श्रीपाङ्घ्रिश्रीनिवासाचार्यकृतः नैवेद्य-वैश्वदेवनिर्णयः]
52) ŚrīŚrīnivāsācāryakṛtiratnamālā [श्रीश्रीनिवासाचार्यकृतिरत्नमाला], 2018
53) ŚrīSatyanāthatīrthakṛtā Vijayamālā [श्रीसत्यनाथतीर्थकृता विजयमाला], 1993
54) ŚrīMadhvācāryakṛtā ŚrīNṛsiṃhanakhastutiḥ (Vyākhyāṣaṭkopetā) [श्रीमध्वाचार्यकृता श्रीनृसिंहनखस्तुतिः (व्याख्याषट्कोपेता)], 2020
55) Nārāyaṇapaṇḍitācāryakṛtaḥ Sumadhvavijayaḥ [नारायणपण्डिताचार्यकृतः सुमध्वविजयः], 1989
56) Nārāyaṇapaṇḍitācāryakṛtaḥ Sumadhvavijayaḥ (Bhāvaprakāśikāsametaḥ) [नारायणपण्डिताचार्यकृतः सुमध्वविजयः (भावप्रकाशिकासमेतः)], 1989
57) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Rugmiṇīśavijayaḥ (Mūlamātram) [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः रुग्मिणीशविजयः (मूलमात्रम्)],
58) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Rugmiṇīśavijayaḥ (Nārāyaṇācāryakṛtavyākhyāsaṃvalitaḥ) [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः रुग्मिणीशविजयः (नारायणाचार्यकृतव्याख्यासंवलितः)], 1996 and 2015
59) ŚrīJayatīrthavijayaḥ (ŚrīSaṅkarṣaṇācāryakṛtavyākhyānasametaḥ) [श्रीजयतीर्थविजयः (श्रीसङ्कर्षणाचार्यकृतव्याख्यानसमेतः)], 1994
60) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Tīrthaprabandhaḥ (Mūlamātram) [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः तीर्थप्रबन्धः (मूलमात्रम्)]
61) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Tīrthaprabandhaḥ (Nārāyaṇācāryakṛtavyākhyāsaṃvalitaḥ) [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः तीर्थप्रबन्धः (नारायणाचार्यकृतव्याख्यासंवलितः)], 1991
62) ŚrīVādirājatīrthakṛtaḥ Sarasabhāratīvilāsaḥ [श्रीवादिराजतीर्थकृतः सरसभारतीविलासः], 1989
63) ŚrīSatyābhinavatīrthakṛtaḥ Rāmāmṛtamahārṇavaḥ [श्रीसत्याभिनवतीर्थकृतः रामामृतमहार्णवः], 2009
64) ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtā Virahimodasudhā (savyākhyā) [श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृता विरहिमोदसुधा (सव्याख्या)]
65) ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtaḥ Kavikaṇṭhamaṇiḥ (savyākhyaḥ) [श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृतः कविकण्ठमणिः (सव्याख्यः)]
66) ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtā Gaṅgālaharī (savyākhyā) [श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृता गङ्गालहरी (सव्याख्या)]
67) ŚrīSatyadharmatīrthakṛtā Yaduvaracaritāmṛtalaharī (savyākhyā) [श्रीसत्यधर्मतीर्थकृता यदुवरचरितामृतलहरी (सव्याख्या)]
68) Śrīmadhvācāryakṛtaḥ Bilvalaṅgalaḥ sādhuḥ (ŚrīVijñānatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametaḥ) [श्रीमध्वाचार्यकृतः बिल्वमङ्गलः साधुः (श्रीविज्ञानतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतः)], 2014
69) Śrīmadhvācāryakṛtaḥ Bilvalaṅgalaḥ sādhuḥ (ŚrīSatyaparāyaṇatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametaḥ) [श्रीमध्वाचार्यकृतः बिल्वमङ्गलः साधुः (श्रीसत्यपरायणतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतः)], 2014
70) ŚrīKṛṣṇajayantīnirṇayaḥ (ŚrīRāmacandratīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametaḥ) [श्रीकृष्णजयन्तीनिर्णयः (श्रीरामचन्द्रतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतः)], 2014
71) Śrīkṛṣṇajayantīnirṇayaḥ (ŚrīSatyaparāyaṇatīrthakṛtavyākhyāsametaḥ) [श्रीकृष्णजयन्तीनिर्णयः (श्रीसत्यपरायणतीर्थकृतव्याख्यासमेतः)], 2014
72) Brahmasūtravaibhavam [ब्रह्मसूत्रवैभवम्], 1991
73) ŚrīPūrṇaprajñavaibhavam [श्रीपूर्णप्रज्ञवैभवम्], 1992
74) Tāmraparṇīānandatīrthācāryakṛtā Tattvasārasamuddhṛtiḥ [ताम्रपर्णी आनन्दतीर्थाचार्यकृता तत्त्वसारसमुद्धृतिः], 2015
75) Viṣṇucandrikā [विष्णुचन्द्रिका], 2014
Compendium of stotras (स्तोत्रसङ्ग्रहः) 76–87) Stotramālikā (in 12 volumes) [स्तोत्रमालिका (१२ सम्पुटेषु)] Vol. 1: Nityapaṭhanīyavaiṣṇavastotrāṇi [नित्यपठनीयवैष्णवस्तोत्राणि], 1994 Vol. 2: Keśavādibhagavadrūpastotramālikā [केशवादिभगवद्रूपस्तोत्रमालिका], 2016 Vol. 3: Daśāvatārastotramālikā [दशावतारस्तोत्रमालिका], 2016 Vol. 4: Saṅkīrṇastotramālikā (bhāgaḥ - 1) [सङ्कीर्णस्तोत्रमालिका (भागः - १)], 2016 Vol. 5: Saṅkīrṇastotramālikā (bhāgaḥ - 2) [सङ्कीर्णस्तोत्रमालिका (भागः - २)], 2017 Vol. 6: Sahasranāmastotramālikā [सहस्रनामस्तोत्रमालिका], 2016 Vol. 7: Lakṣmīstotramālikā [लक्ष्मीस्तोत्रमालिका], 2010 Vol. 8: Vāyustotramālikā [वायुस्तोत्रमालिका], 2017 Vol. 9: Tāratamyastotramālikā [तारतम्यस्तोत्रमालिका], 2017 Vol. 10: Devatāstotramālikā [देवतास्तोत्रमालिका], 2019 Vol. 11: Paurāṇikastotramālikā [पौराणिकस्तोत्रमालिका], 2019 Vol. 12: Gurustotramālikā [गुरुस्तोत्रमालिका], 2019 88) ŚrīManmadhvācāryakṛtaṃ Dvādaśastotram (Vyākhyādvayasaṃvalitam) [श्रीमन्मध्वाचार्यकृतं द्वादशस्तोत्रम् (व्याख्याद्वयसंवलितम्)], 2003
89) Stutimañjarī [स्तुतिमञ्जरी], 2013
90) Stotramālā [स्तोत्रमाला], 1986
91) ŚrīRāmasotramañjarī [श्रीरामस्तोत्रमञ्जरी], 1981
92) ŚrīJayatīrthastotramañjarī [श्रीजयतीर्थस्तोत्रमञ्जरी], 1988
93) ŚrīVādirājastotramañjarī [श्रीवादिराजस्तोत्रमञ्जरी], 1980