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Madhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; pronounced [mɐdʱʋaːˈtɕaːrjɐ]; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), and 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.
Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy presents a stark dualism, distinguishing between the individual soul (jiva) and the supreme being (Ishvara). He posited five differences in the universe, emphasizing the uniqueness and individuality of souls and their eternal subservience to Vishnu.
Madhavacharya (born 1296?—died 1386?, Sringeri, Kashmir, India) was a Hindu statesman and philosopher. He lived at the court of Vijayanagar, a southern Indian kingdom. Madhavacharya became an ascetic in 1377 and was thereafter known as Vidyaranya.
Madhvacharya was a great religious reformer and an orthodox commentator on the Brahma Sutras and the ten Upanishads. He was born in 1199 A.D. at Velali, a few miles from Udipi in the district of South Kanara in South India.
The Dvaita or “dualist” school of Hindu Vedanta philosophy originated in 13th-century South India with Sri Madhvacarya (Madhva). Madhva, who considered himself an avatara of the wind-god Vayu, argued that a body of canonical texts called the “Vedanta” or “end of the Veda” taught the fundamental difference between the individual self ...
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.
Madhvacharya was born in 1238 at Pajaka-kshetra, a small village situated five miles southeast of Udupi, a small town on the western coast of South India. His philosophy and writings have distinguished him as one of India’s greatest spiritual teachers. His teachings were wholly theistic.
Madhva (born c. 1199 or 1238 ce, near Udipi, Karnataka, India—died c. 1278 or 1317, Udipi) was a Hindu philosopher, exponent of Dvaita (“ Dualism ”; belief in a basic difference in kind between God and individual souls). His followers are called Madhvas.
Shri Madhvacharya (shortened as Madhva) (1238 – 1317 C.E.) was a Indian philosopher-sage who founded the Dvaita school of Hindu philosophy. Dvaita is one of the three most influential branches of Vedanta, along-side the schools of Advaita (non-dualism) and Visistadvaita (qualified non-dualism).
Madhvacharya (Madhvācārya; Kannada: ಮಧ್ವಾಚಾರ್ಯ; Sanskrit pronunciation: [mədʱʋaːˈtʃaːrjə]; CE 1238–1317 ), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Pūrna Prajña and Ānanda Tīrtha, was a Hindu philosopher and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.
