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.JPG){kind=icon} An icon of Nimbarkacharya at Ukhra Mahanta Asthal, West Bengal. | |
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| Born | Niyamananda 620 CE[1] Pratiṣṭḥāna, India[2] |
| Died | 690 CE[1] |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Order | Vedanta |
| Founder of | Nimbarka Sampradaya |
| Philosophy | Svabhavika Bhedabheda Vedanta |
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| Honors | Jagadguru, Pravakta acharya |
To the left hand side of Goloka Bihari is the daughter of King Vrishabhanu, Sri Radha, who is as beautiful as the Lord and is worshipped by thousands of handmaidens. She fulfills the wishes of all. Sri Kishori is eternally remembered as Sri Ji.
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Nimbarkacharya (Sanskrit: निम्बार्काचार्य, romanized: Nimbārkāchārya) (c. 620 - 690[1]), also known as Nimbarka, Nimbaditya or Niyamananda, was a Hindu philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the theology of Dvaitādvaita (dvaita–advaita) or dualistic–non-dualistic sometimes known as Svābhāvika bhedābheda. He played a major role in spreading the worship of the divine couple Radha and Krishna, and founded Nimbarka Sampradaya, one of four main traditions of Hindu sect Vaishnavism.[6][7]
Nimbarka is believed to have lived around the 12th century,[8] but this dating has been questioned, suggesting that he lived somewhat earlier than Shankaracharya, in the 6th or 7th century CE.[9] Born in Southern India in a Telugu Brahmin family,[7] he spent most of his life in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is sometimes identified with another philosopher named Bhaskara,[10] but this is considered to be a misconception due to the differences between the spiritual views of the two saints.[4][11][12]
- ^ a b c Ramnarace 2014, p. 323.
- ^ Ramnarace 2015, p. 113.
- ^ a b Saraswati 1997, p. 174.
- ^ a b Dalal 2010, p. 129.
- ^ Bhandarkar 1987, p. 85.
- ^ Malkovsky 2001, p. 118.
- ^ a b "Nimbarka | Indian philosopher | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Jones & Ryan 2006, p. 312.
- ^ Ramnarace 2014, p. 113.
- ^ Hoiberg 2000.
- ^ Bose 1940.
- ^ Raju 2013, p. 158.