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Madhvacharya refers only once in his Bhashya to the commentators who had preceded him. This reference occurs in his comments on I. 1. 5, where, adverting to the word Asabda, he says, that "other (commentators) itara siddham, have put upon it an interpretation which cannot be justified. It is a characteristic feature of Madhvacharya's writings that he never refers to any of his opponents by name, though he is found criticising their views. In his Nyayavivarana, for instance, Madhvacharya refers to disputants of the opposite school, but does not name any of them specifically. In the opening verse of the Nyayasudha, Jayatirtha says that Madhvacharya did not refer to any of the previous commentators on Badarayana (anyaihi anyatha vyakhyatini Brahmasutrani), because they did not, in his opinion, convey the right meaning attaching to his Sutras. The suggestion seems

to be that he ignored them and wrote his own commentary. This statement of Jayatirtha has to be understood in a restricted sense, for Madhvacharya, though he does not mention the names of those prominently associated with the rival schools, is ever at pains in criticising their views at almost every stage in his many works. A careful reading of his own comments on I. 1. 5 itself and a comparison of the same with those of Sankara and Ramanuja shows that he is referring to these two, though he does not name them.