Madhvacharya
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Dvaita Vedanta philosopher
Hindu religious leader
Indian philosopher
Vedanta philosopher
founder of a religious movement
theologian
Madhvacharya was a 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who systematized a dualistic school of Vedanta that sharply distinguished the individual soul from God.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madhvacharya canonical | 11 |
| Madhva | 7 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dvaita Vedanta philosopher
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Hindu religious leader ⓘ Indian philosopher ⓘ Vedanta philosopher ⓘ founder of a religious movement ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anandatirtha
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Madhvacharya ⓘ
surface form:
Madhva
Purnaprajna ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Anuvyakhyana
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Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavad Gita Tatparya Nirnaya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya (Madhvacharya) ⓘ
surface form:
Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Karnataka
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Pajaka ⓘ near Udupi ⓘ |
| century | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| doctrine |
God (Vishnu) is absolutely independent (svatantra)
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individual souls (jivas) are dependent (paratantra) ⓘ souls and matter are real and distinct from God ⓘ |
| era | Medieval Indian philosophy ⓘ |
| founded |
Udupi Krishna Matha
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eight Udupi monasteries (Ashta Mathas) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Madhva Sampradaya
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surface form:
Udupi Vaishnavism
later Dvaita Vedanta tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Vedanta
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metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| movement |
Dvaita
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surface form:
Dvaita Vedanta
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| name | Madhvacharya self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Dvaita
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surface form:
Dvaita (dualism)
eternal distinction between God and individual souls ⓘ eternal distinction between God and matter ⓘ eternal distinction between different material entities ⓘ eternal distinction between individual souls ⓘ eternal distinction between individual souls and matter ⓘ fivefold difference (pancha-bheda) ⓘ |
| opposedView |
Advaita Vedanta
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surface form:
Advaita Vedanta non-dualism
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| philosophicalSchool |
Dvaita
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Vedanta ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Karnataka
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South India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| theology | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity |
Krishna
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Vishnu ⓘ |
| wroteCommentaryOn |
Bhagavad Gita
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Brahma Sutras ⓘ principal Upanishads ⓘ |
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