The Abhinava Gada (Sanskrit:अभिनवगदा); (), is a Sanskrit work on Dvaita philosophy written by Satyanatha Tirtha. It is a refutation work for the theological controversies provoked by Appayya Dikshita's on Madhva Siddhanta.
Contents Abhinava-Gada consists of five-chapters designated Yuddhas (battles) with an obvious allusion to the Gada-yuddha between Bhima and Suyodhana. The intensely bellicose attitude of the author reflected even in the opening verse:
Overview The Abhinava Gada is a polemical text consisting of 4,750 granthas, written to counter Appayya Dikshita's critique of Madhvacharya in his Madhvamukhamardanam. While earlier scholars such as Vijayendra Tirtha and Narayanacharya Vaishvanathi also authored refutations, Satyanatha Tirtha employed a different methodological approach. Unlike Vijayendra Tirtha, who defended Madhva's original texts and the subsequent commentaries as a unified, homogeneous tradition, Satyanatha Tirtha addresses Appayya Dikshita's criticisms by isolating Madhva's original writings. Satyanatha Tirtha generally avoids relying on the commentaries of Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha, occasionally arguing that Madhvacharya should not be held responsible for the interpretations added by his successors. Anthony Grafton and Glenn W. Most writes, "The work Abhinava-Gada is a new mace which broke the heads of non-dualists like Appayya Dikshita".
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