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Source: archive.org: T.T.D. Monthly Bulletin Vol. VIII

Sri Bodhendra Yati (Saraswati) was a disciple of Sri Girvanendra Saraswati and Sri Viswadhikendra Saraswati. It is not clear if both these are one and the same. In some of his works he gives his Guru’s name as Girvanendra while in others he gives it as Viswadhikendra. In his Purvasrama he was called Purushottama, and he belongs to Kanchi. He says that his Guru Girvanendra presided over an Advaita Mutt. (Vide Atma Bodhavyakhyana). In addition to his great learning in Advaita Philosophy he was a great Bhakta also. He has written several works on Advaita and on the potency of God’s name in securing salvation to the soul. He attained Siddhi in Govinda-puram near Tiruvidaimarudur in the Tanjore District and even now every year in the month of September his Aradhana is being celebrated there by devotees.

His works are :

  1. Advaita Bhushana, an epitome of Panchapadika Vivarana, similar to Vivaranopanyasa of Sri Vidyaranya,
  2. A commentary on Sri Acharya’s Atmabodha,
  3. Hariharadvaita Bhushana,
  4. Hari-hara Bheda Dhikkara,
  5. Namamrta Rasayanam and
  6. Nama-mrtha Rasodayam.

He is said to belonging to the 17th century.

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