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Madhava (Sanskrit: माधव, IAST: Mādhava) is one of the primary epithets of Vishnu and Krishna. The word Mādhava in Sanskrit is a vṛddhi derivation of the word Madhu (Sanskrit: मधु), which means honey. It is a title of Krishna, referring to his lineage as 'he who appeared the Madhu dynasty'. [1] Vishnu, the bearer of the epithet
The composition date or author of the text is unknown, and is generally regarded as a "late Upanishad", in terms of dating. [4] The use of the word Vasudeva, which is neither found in Samhita layer of Vedic literature nor the Principal Upanishads, states Max Muller, suggests that this text is a relatively modern text.
Madhava Vidyaranya, Advaita saint and brother of Sayana; Venkata Madhava, 10th to 12th century commentator of the Rigveda; Madhavdeva, 16th-century proponent of Ekasarana dharma, neo-Vaishnavism of Assam; relating to springtime; the first month of spring, see Chaitra; Madhava or Madhava-kara, an Indian physician of the 7th or early 8th century
Strict Madhva Brahmins avoid onion, garlic, red lentils, and even carrots, radish, brinjal and a few other vegetables and spices. They usually only eat food (prasāda) that is offered (naivedya) to one of the Vishnu deities, and fast on Vaishnava Ekadashi days (twice a month) without taking any food or water. Fruits and milk are usually allowed ...
After a few months, following the mustards seeds that had since germinated into plants, the king and his retinue travelled to the shrine, unable to locate the image. After praying to Vishnu for three days and nights, they heard the deity's voice thunder from the heavens, rebuking them for their scheme and informing them of his omnipresence.
Madhva, of the view that the Gita is as much a part of the religious canon as Upanishads or the Vedas, has authored two commentaries on it.His first work, Gita Bhashya is expositional while the latter, Gita Tatparya, is polemical in nature.
Jai Radha Madhab, sometimes spelled as Jai Radha Madhava or Jai Radha Madhav, or Jay(a)-[1] (due to Indo-Aryan schwa dropping) is a Hindu song in Vaishnava tradition. The title is derived from the first line of the song, “Jai Radha Madhava” (Literally means “Victory to Radha and Madhav”), and is commonly sung in Hindi or Sanskrit as Bhajan or in Kirtan.
In the course of his sketches Madhava frequently explains at length obscure details in the different systems. [1] The systems are arranged from the Advaita -point of view. According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha "sketches sixteen systems of thought so as to exhibit a gradually ascending series, culminating in the ...