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Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya (; ; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint". Madhvacharya was born at Pajaka near Udupi on the west coast of Karnataka state in 13th-century India. As a teenager, he became a Sanyasi (monk) joining Brahma-sampradaya guru Achyutapreksha, of the Ekadandi order. Madhva studied the classics of Hindu philosophy, and wrote commentaries on the Principal Upanish
Dvaita
Duality, one of many schools of Vedanta
Purandara Dasa
Indian musician
Raghavendra Teertha
Hindu Saint(Guru)
Vyasatirtha
Vyāsatīrtha (), also called Vyasaraja or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the rajaguru of Vijayanagara Empire, Vyasatirtha was at the forefront of a golden age in Dvaita which saw new developments in dialectical thought, growth of the Haridasa literature under bards like Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa and an increased spread of Dvaita across the subcontinent. He himself composed many kīrtanas in Kannada and Sanskrit.
Jayatirtha
Jayatirtha (), also known as Teekacharya () (1345 – 1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the important seers in the history of Dvaita school of thought on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya. He structured the philosophical aspects of Dvaita and through his polemical works, elevating it to an equal footing with the contemporary schools of thought. Along with Madhva and Vyasatirtha, he is venerated as one of the three great spiritual sages, or munitraya o
Satyatma Tirtha
Indian philosopher
Naraharitirtha
Dvaita philosopher
Vadiraja Teertharu
Hindu guru
Ashta Mathas of Udupi
Group of Hindu monasteries
Haridasa
The Haridasa Bhakti Sahitya devotional movement (sampradaya) originated in Karnataka, India, after Madhvacharya, and spread to eastern states such as Bengal and Assam of medieval India. Over a span of nearly six centuries, several saints and mystics helped shape the culture, philosophy and art of South India in general and Karnataka in particular by exerting considerable spiritual influence over the masses and kingdoms that ruled South India.
Bannanje Govindacharya
Indian scholar
Brahma Sampradaya
disciplic succession of gurus starting with Brahma
Sripadaraja
Sripadaraja (; ) or Sripadaraya, also known by his pontifical name Lakshminarayana Tirtha, was a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, scholar and composer and the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Mulbagal. He is widely considered the founder of Haridasa movement along with Narahari Tirtha. He has influenced both Carnatic music and Hindustani music through his compositions. His songs and hymns, written under the mudra of Ranga Vitthala, contain the distillation of Dvaita principles infused with mysticism and humanism. He is also credited with the invention of the suladi musical structure and composed 1
Pejawara Sri Vishwesha Teertha
Indian Hindu guru, saint and swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha (1931-2019)
Narayana Panditacharya
Indian poet
Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy Mutt
Hindu Mutt
dualism
belief held by certain schools of Indian philosophy that reality is fundamentally composed of two parts
Krishnapura matha
madhwa Vaishnava monastery
Akshobhya Tirtha
Hindu guru
Satyanatha Tirtha
Hindu guru
Padmanabha Tirtha
Hindu guru
Pandharinathacharya Galagali
Indian writer and scholar (1922–2015)
Madhwa Brahmins
Indian politician
Raghuttama Tirtha
Hindu guru
Sumadhva Vijaya
A biography of Sri Madhvacharya
Puttige matha
madhwa Vaishnava monastery
Uttaradi Math
Monastery of Dvaita Vedanta
Gopala Dasa
Indian philosopher
Satyadhyana Tirtha
Hindu guru