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Vaisnava world with his teachings and writings. Spending his days as a poor and resigned householder at Tiruvahindrapuram (near Cuddalore), Conjeevaram, Srirangam (where he successfully defended visistadvaita from the attack of rivals), Mysore, and elsewhere, he obtained a reputation which led to his own apotheosis in course of time. It is not possible here even barely to enumerate his writings, which number more than a hundred. They are characterized by versatility, beauty of style and thought, ethical fevour and deep spiritual insight. As a poet, philosopher and thinker, as a controversialist and popularizer, he was equally great. His works were both in Sanskrit and Tamil and included originial compositions as well as commentaries. They can be divided into nine headings or classes (1) Panegyrics of a devotional character on different deities or Ācãryas , (2) Treatises in elaboration of the Vis'istādvaitic system , (3) Works in Tamil and Sanskrit, reconciling the teachings of the Alvãrs with those of the Prasthānatraya, (4) Secret doctrines of Vaisnavism, (5) Original Tamil poems on various subjects , (6) Epic poems in Sanskrit , (7) Dialectical works directed against rival schools, (8) Treatises on practical daily routine and (9) Miscellaneous treatises. The first set includes the Garudadandaka, Garudapañcās'at, Hayagrīva-stotrā, Dēvanāyakapancās'at Gopālavims'ati, S'ristuti, Varadarājapañcās'at, Raghuvĩragadya-Yatirājasaptati ( on Rāmānuja), Abhītistava, and fifteen other works. Amongst the philosophic treatises on Ubhaya-Vedānta may be mentioned the following Adhikarna-darpana, Gītabhāsyā-tātparya-candrikā, Vedārthasamgraha-vyākhyāna, Bhāsya on Īs'āvāsya Upanisad, Nigamaparimalam, Dramidopanisat-tātparya-ratnāvah, Tattvatīkā (an extensive gloss on the S'rī Bhāsyā), Adhikarana-sārāvali - a series of Sanskrit verses summarizing the discussions of the various sections of the