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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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
‘The Life and Teachings of Madhvacharya’ written by Swami B.G. Narasiṅgha, was first published in Clarion Call magazine (Vol.2, issue 1) in 1989. This article is a summary of the life of Śrī Madhvācārya, the South Indian Vaiṣṇava saint and founder of the philosophical school of Dvaitavāda.
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.
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).
Madhva 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. Madhva was born into a Brahman family.
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