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{{short description|historical south Indian Sanskrit scholar}}
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''' Amalananda ''' was a south Indian Sanskrit scholar who lived during the reign of [[Mahadeva of Devagiri|Mahadeva]], the Yadava ruler of [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Devagiri]] who ruled from 1260 to 1271. Not much is known about his life and background. Anubhavānanda is believed to have been his preceptor.

Amalānanda wrote ''Vedānta Kalpatarū'' sometime before 1297. This book is a commentary on '' [[Bhāmatī]] '' of [[Vācaspati Miśra]] which text in its own turn is a commentary on [[Adi Sankara|Sankara]]'s commentary on the [[Brahma Sutras]] of [[Badarayana]]. His other works are – ''Śastra-darpana'' which is explanations of the Brahma Sutras, and ''Pancapādikā-darpana'' which is a commentary on [[Padmapadacharya|Padmapādācārya]]'s ''Pancapādika''. The language of these works is chaste and the thought-content is serious.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|author=Ganga Ram Garg|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjDcd0cTFxQC&pg=PA357}}</ref> Vācaspati Miśra, the author of ''Bhāmatī'' lived around 841.  [[Appayya Dikshita]] (1520–1593), son of Rangarājādhvarindra of [[Kanchipuram|Kānci]], and a prolific writer, wrote his ''Kalpataruparimala'', a commentary on Amalānanda's ''Vedanta-Kalpataru''.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Indian Philosophy|author=Surendranath Dasgupta|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=418|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoaMFmS1_lEC&pg=PA418}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Undian Literature Vol.1|author=Amresh Datta|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|pages=217–218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA218}}</ref>

Sankara explains ''Yadrecchāvadā'', referred to by the [[Shvetashvatara Upanishad]], as the doctrine of accidental effects which are due to chance; Amalānanda explains it as the doctrine that effects are produced at any time depending on definite causes. The same Upanishad mentions nature (''svabhava'') as the cause of the world. Sankara explains it as the natural powers inherent in different things. Amalānanda explains nature as that which exists so long as things exists e.g. breathing as the nature of the living body exists so long as the body exists.<ref>{{cite book|title=Outlines of Indian Philosophy|author=Jadunath Sinha|publisher=Pilgrim Books|pages=61, 62|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=99aBngEACAAJ}}</ref>

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