Madhava Tirtha

Madhava Tirtha was a Hindu philosopher, scholar and the third pontiff of Madhvacharya peetha, from 1333 to 1350, succeeding Narahari Tirtha.[1]

Madhava Tirtha
Personal
Born	Vishnu Shastri North Karnataka
Died	1350 AD Mannur, near Gulbarga
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Vedanta
Philosophy	Dvaita Vedanta
Religious career
Guru	Madhvacharya
Predecessor	Sri Narahari Tirtha
Successor	Sri Akshobhya Tirtha
Disciples Akshobhya Tirtha Madhuhari Tirtha

Vaishnavism
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Dvaita
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Saints Madhvacharya Padmanabha Tirtha Narahari Tirtha Akshobhya Tirtha Jayatirtha Sripadaraja Vyasatirtha Vadiraja Tirtha Raghuttama Tirtha Vijayendra Tirtha Sudhindra Tirtha Satyanatha Tirtha Raghavendra Tirtha Sumatindra Tirtha
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Mathas Ashta Mathas of Udupi Uttaradi Math Vyasaraja Matha Raghavendra Matha Sripadaraja Matha
Holy places Mantralayam Pajaka Udupi Tirupati Kumbakonam Nava Brindavana
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Works

According to S. K. and Gurucarya, he wrote a commentary on Parasara Smriti called Parasara Madhwa-vijaya. He also made commentaries on Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda. His disciple, Sri Madhuhari Teertha, founded a mutt which exists under the name "Majjigenahalli Matha" near Mulbagal.[2]

References

Sharma 2008, p. 228.
Sharma 2008, p. 229.

Bibliography

Rao, C. R. (1984). Srimat Uttaradi Mutt: Moola Maha Samsthana of Srimadjagadguru Madhvacharya – via Google Books.
Sharma, B. N. Krishnamurti (2008) [1st pub. 2000]. A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-8120815759.

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