Padmanabha Tirtha

Padmanabha Tirtha
The Samadhi or Brindavana of Padmanabha Tirtha in Anegundi, Hampi
Personal
Born
Shobhana Bhatta

Puntamba (Present-day Rahata taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra)[1]
ReligionHinduism
Organization
OrderVedanta
PhilosophyDvaita Vedanta
Religious career
GuruMadhvacharya
Disciples

Padmanabha Tirtha was an Indian Dvaita philosopher, scholar and the disciple of Madhvacharya. Ascending the pontifical seat after Madhvacharya, he served as the primary commentator of his works and in doing so, significantly elucidated Madhva's terse and laconic style of writing. His pioneering efforts in expanding upon the Dvaita texts to uncover the underlying metaphysical intricacies was taken forward by the 14th Century philosopher, Jayatirtha.[2] Padmanabha is also credited with disseminating the philosophy of Dvaita outside the Tulunadu.[3]

  1. ^ Bannanje Govindacharya (1968). Vādaratnāvalī. Dvaita Vedanta Adhyayana Samshodhana Pratisthanam. p. VII. district was visited by Madhva during his tours and was the native district of the celebrated Padmanabha Tirtha and that the families of the great Anandabhattaraka and Tarangini Ramacharya also hailed from the town of Puntamba in the...
  2. ^ Sharma 2000, p. 294.
  3. ^ Wilson 1876, p. 82.

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