Ramanuja (traditionally, 10171137 CE) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher,

and one of the most important exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition
within Hinduism.[1][2] He was born in a Tamil Brahmin family in the village of
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.[3] His philosophical foundations for
devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.[1][4][5]

Ramanuja's guru was Yadava Prakasha, a scholar who was part of the more
ancient Advaita Vedanta monastic tradition.[6] Sri Vaishnava tradition holds
that Ramanuja disagreed with his guru and the non-dualistic Advaita Vedanta,
and instead followed in the footsteps of Indian Alvars tradition, the scholars
Nathamuni and Yamunacharya.[1] Ramanuja is famous as the chief proponent
of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedanta,[7][8] and his disciples were likely
authors of texts such as the Shatyayaniya Upanishad.[6] Ramanujan himself
wrote influential texts, such as bhasya on the Brahma Sutras and the
Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.[9]

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