I knew Vidyāvācaspati Padmaśrī Dr.h.c. Bannanje Govindacharya for the past 30 years as a great friend, a wonderful mentor, a profound scholar with an amazing memory, a brilliant author in Kannada and Sanskrit, and a fine human with a delightful sense of humour. Among his great works is his edition of the collected writings of Madhvācārya in the original redaction (the mūlapāṭha, not the corrupted pracalitapāṭha that became the basis of most of the later commentaries). He was what we may call a critical traditionalist: he loved the Mādhva Vaiṣṇava tradition into whch he was born, but was highly critical of aberrations which crept in centuries after Madhva's time.

His demise is a shattering loss. It was only befitting that his cremation took place with state honours. If Vaikuṇṭha exists, then he's there now.

Robert Zydenbos


Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY wrote on 13.12.20 10:29:
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The great sanskrit scholar,poet,writer, Vedantin, Bannanje Govindacharya passed away today at 11 Am at his residence, "Ishavasyam" in Ambalapadi , Udupi. 

He has contributed a lot in the fields of Dvaita Vedanta, Sahitya and Kavya, having composed more than 100 books in kannada, 20 books in Sanskrit and many independent poems and articles.
He has edited the Sarvamoola of Madhvacharya, written down by Madhvacharya's direct disciple Hrishikesha Tirtha. He has edited and published many other works like Vadaratnavali of Vishnudasacharya, Anandamala of Traivikramarya Dasa and many other works, including independent commentary on Tattvapradeepa, a commentary by Trivikrama Pandithacharya on Madhvacharya's Brahmasutra Bhashya 
He was the script writer of the famous Sanskrit movie Shankaracharya, directed by GV Iyer. 

Let us all pray for his sadgati

Hare Krishna 


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Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


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Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್
Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
Department für Asienstudien
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Deutschland