Kavindra Tirtha

Kavīndra Tīrtha (Sanskrit:कवीन्द्रतीर्थ); (c. 1333 - c.1398), was a Dvaita philosopher, saint, scholar and the seventh pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha - Uttaradi Math from 1392-1398.[1]

H. H. Shri 1008 Shri Kavindra Tīrtha Shrīpādaru
Personal
Born	Vishnudasacharya 1333
Died	1398 Hampi
Resting place	Nava Brindavana
Religion	Hinduism
Notable work(s)	Vaadaratnavali
Order	Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
Philosophy	Dvaita Vedanta
Religious career
Guru	Vidyadhiraja Tirtha
Successor	Vagisha Tirtha
Disciples Vagisha Tirtha

Life

Kavindra is traditionally thought to be the brother of Rajendra in his previous stage of life, and identical with Viṣṇudāsācārya, the author of the Vādaratnāvalī.[2] The latter is said to be revered by the former.[3][4] Other scholars assert that Viṣṇudāsācārya lived from 1390-1440 .[5]

References

1. Konduri Sarojini Devi (1990). Religion in Vijayanagara Empire. Sterling Publishers. p. 133. This selection of Kavindra as the successor of Vidyadhiraja, leaving Rajendra Tirtha resulted in the bifurcation of the Madhva Mathas, namely Vyasaraya Matha at Sosale headed by Rajendra Tirtha and Uttaradi Matha presided by Kavindra Tirtha.
2. Gerow, Edwin (1990). The jewel-necklace of argument: (the Vādaratnāvali of Viṣṇudāsācārya). New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society. OCLC 23751656.
3. Rao 1984, p. 45. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRao1984 (help)
4. Sharma 2000, p. 491. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSharma2000 (help)
5. Sharma, B. N. K. (B. N. Krishnamurti), 1909-2005. (2000). History of the Dvaita school of Vedānta and its literature : from the earliest beginnings to our own time (3rd rev. ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 269 ff. ISBN 81-208-1575-0. OCLC 53463855.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Bibliography

• Sharma, Chandradhar (1994). A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0365-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Bryant, Edwin Francis (2007), Krishna: A Sourcebook, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-803400-1
• Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2007), A Survey of Hinduism (3 ed.), State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-7081-7
• Edwin Gerow (ed.) (1990). The Jewel-Necklace of Argument: (the Vādaratnāvali of Viṣṇudāsācārya). New Haven, Conn: American Oriental Society, 1990.
• Krishnamurti Sharma, B. N. (2000). History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Time. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120815759.