Baladeva Vidyabhushana
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Baladeva Vidyabhushana was an 18th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian and philosopher renowned for systematizing and defending the Gaudiya tradition through works like his Govinda-bhashya commentary on the Vedanta-sutra.
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| Baladeva | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
18th-century Indian philosopher
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Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian ⓘ Hindu philosopher ⓘ Vedanta commentator ⓘ |
| aim | to establish Gaudiya Vaishnavism as a bona fide Vedantic school ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Braj region
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Jaipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ Vrindavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Bhagavad-gita
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Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedanta-sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devotionalFocus |
Sri Krishna
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Sri Radha-Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrine | acintya-bhedabheda ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Sanskrit poetics
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logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ scriptural commentary ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gaudiya Vedanta scholarship
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later Gaudiya Vaishnava acharyas ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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Jiva Goswami NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhva Vedanta tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending Gaudiya Vaishnavism against critics
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presenting Gaudiya Vedanta as a distinct school ⓘ systematizing Gaudiya Vaishnava theology ⓘ writing Govinda-bhashya commentary on Vedanta-sutra ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bhagavad-gita commentary
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Govinda-bhashya NERFINISHED ⓘ Isopanishad commentary NERFINISHED ⓘ Prameya-ratnavali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahitya-kaumudi NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddhanta-ratna NERFINISHED ⓘ Tattva-dipika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
bhakti as supreme spiritual path
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relationship between Krishna and the jiva ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Gaudiya Vedanta
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Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
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Indian subcontinent
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| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Gaudiya Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
acharya in Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya
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defender of Gaudiya sampradaya before Ramanandi scholars ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Gaudiya Vaishnava community in Jaipur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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