Raghuvarya Tirtha

Sri Raghuvarya Tirtha
Brindavana (tomb) of Sri Raghuvarya Tirtha at Nava Brindavana, Anegondi
Personal life
Born	Ramachandra Shastri 1462 CE Mannur, Bijapur district, Karnataka, India
Died	1535 CE Hampi
Resting place	Nava Brindavana
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
Philosophy	Dvaita, Vaishnavism
Religious career
Guru	Raghunatha Tirtha
Successor	Raghuttama Tirtha
Disciples Raghuttama Tirtha

Raghuvarya Tirtha (c.1462 - c.1535) was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, theologian and saint. He served as the pontiff of Shri Uttaradi Math from 1502-1535. He was the thirteenth in succession from Madhvacharya. ^[1] According to tradition Sri Raghuvarya Tirtha taught the famous Nyayasudha of Jayatirtha seven times to his disciples. ^[2]

Career

Works

Raghuvarya Tirtha composed many works but some of his extant works are Laghupariksa (or Raghupariksa) on nyaya, a commentary on Narayanapanditacarya's Prameyaratnamalika, Kṛṣṇastuti a devotional lyric in Kannada. ^[2]

References

1. Das 1972, p. 108.
2. Samuel 1997, p. 118.

Bibliography

• Sharma, B. N. Krishnamurti (2000). A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition. Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint). ISBN   978-8120815759.
• Samuel, G. John (1997). Contribution of Karaṇāṭaka to Sanskrit. Institute of Asian Studies.
• Das, Sambidānanda (1972). Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sree Gaudiya Math.
• Puri, Swami B. P. (2017), Guru: The Universal Teacher, Simon and Schuster, ISBN   978-1683832454