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Madhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; pronounced [mɐdʱʋaːˈtɕaːrjɐ]; 1199–1278 CE [5] or 1238–1317 CE [6]), also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.
The extant works of the Dvaita founder-philosopher, Madhvacharya, called the Sarvamūla Granthas, are many in number. The works span a wide spectrum of topics concerning Dvaita philosophy in specific and Vedic thought in general. They are commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavadgita, Brahma Sutras and other works. The list of works are ...
In Hinduism, the Brahma Sampradaya (IAST: Brahmā-sampradāya) is the disciplic succession of gurus starting with Brahma. [1] The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings of Madhvacharya, [2] his Dvaita Vedanta philosophy, and Sadh Vaishnavism, a tradition of Vaishnavism founded by Madhvacharya.
Statewise list of Brahmin communities who have a section that follows the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya. [6] [7]Karnataka — Deshasthas, Shivallis, Koteshwara Brahmins, [a] [8] Gaud Saraswats, [b] Badaganadus, Karhades, Chitpavans, Aravathuvokkalu, Niyogi (Aravelu, Prathamasaki, Nandavarika), Nanda Vaidikas, [9] Kannada Kamme, Uluchukamme.
Madhvacharya was a staunch Vaishnava who pushed strongly the belief that Vishnu was the highest of Hindu deities, and refused to accept any claims that other Hindu deities might be equally as high. Madhvacharya says that in the beginning there was only one God and that was Narayana or Vishnu. [21]
The Urdhva Pundra (Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्र, romanized: Ūrdhvapuṇḍra, lit. 'elevated mark') [1] is a tilaka worn by Vaishnavas as an ...
Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880 - 1968) (Loknayak Bapuji Aney) - educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, 2nd Governor of Bihar; follower of Lokmanya Tilak and recipient of Padma Vibhushan Award. [ 67 ] Gangadharrao Balkrishna Deshpande (1871-1960) (also known as Lion of Karnataka ) - an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence ...
The Ashta Mathas of Udupi (Kannada: ಉಡುಪಿಯ ತುಳು ಅಷ್ಟ ಮಠಗಳು) are a group of eight mathas or Hindu monasteries established by Madhvacharya, the preceptor of the Dvaita school of Hindu thought with his direct disciples to be the first Swami, head of the matha.