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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.
Sri Madhvacharya (1238-1317), also known as Sri AnandatIrtha and Sri Purnaprajna is the founder Philosopher of tattvavAda, more popularly known as the Dvaita School of Vedanta. Born in a small village called Pajaka, near Udupi, in Karnataka State (India), he took monkhood at a tender age of ten years.
Madhvacharya posits God as being personal and saguna, that is endowed with attributes and qualities (in human terms, which are not believed to be able to fully describe God). To Madhvacharya, the metaphysical concept of Brahman in the Vedas was Vishnu.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
