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Madhvacharya

Type Figure Region South India Time c. 1238–1317 Also known as Madhvacharya、Madhva、Ananda Tirtha、Purnaprajna、Vasudeva、摩陀婆查尔雅

Madhva (c. 1238–1317) was the founder of the Dvaita Vedanta school, born near present-day Karnataka and based in Udupi in his later years;…

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  1. 1301–1310Udupi · KarnatakaBetween 1301 and 1310, past sixty, Madhva was based mainly around the Krishna temple at Udupi, teaching his disciples commentaries on the Brahma Sutras and Dvaita doctrine. He traveled little in this period, concentrating on perfecting the matha system and the rites of Krishna worship; his dualist system continued to spread in South India, standing in sharp contrast to the contemporaneous Advaita tradition.

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