MADHVACHARYA

INTRODUCTION
Madhvacharya (1238–1317), also known
as Purna Prajna and Ananda Tirtha, was a Great
Hindu Saint of the Dvaita school of Vedanta.

Life and Teachings

Madhvacharya was born in Pajaka near Udupi
,Karnataka in 13th-century in India. He was born
to a Tulu speaking Vaishnavite Brahmin family,
and he was named as Vasudeva before attaining
saint hood. He became a Sanyasi at a younger
age, and he was taught under
guru Achyutapreksha. Madhva studied
the Principal Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and
the Brahma Sutras. He is credited with thirty
seven works in Sanskrit. His greatest work is
considered to be the Anuvyakhyana. He was
known to be an avatar of Vayu Bhagavan.
He travelled all over india, and visited several
places like Bengal, Varanasi, Dwarka, Goa and
Kanyakumari, and engaged in debates and visited
Hindu centres of learning. Madhva established
the Krishna Mutt at Udupi in 1285.
Madhvacharya's teachings tells us that there is a
fundamental difference between human
beings and the god, and the relationship between
these two are never identical.
Madhvacharya established a matha and dedicated
it to Dvaita philosophy, and this was occupied by
his successors such
as Jayatirtha, Vyasatirtha, Vadiraja
Tirtha and Raghavendra Tirtha, who are the
followers of Madhva.
Madhvavijaya was written by Narayana
Panditacharya in honour of Madhva.
Udupi, Sri Krishna Temple was established by
Madhvacharya.
Works of Madhvacharya
1.A Madhva-bhasya on the foundational text of
Vedanta school of Hinduism – Brahma Sutras.
2.Another Gita-bhasya on Bhagavad Gita.
3.A commentary on forty hymns of the Rigveda.
4.A review of the Mahabharata in poetic style.
5.A commentary called Bhagavata-tatparya-
nirnaya on Bhagavata Purana.
6.Stotras, poems and texts on bhakti of Vishnu
and his avatars.
7.The Anu-Vyakhyana, a supplement to
Madhvacharya's commentary on Brahma Sutras,
is his masterpiece.

CONCLUSION
Madhvacharya, who is an avatar of Vayu
Bhagavan, and who is a great scholar and the
founder of Dvaita philosophy, is still living in
Bhadrikashrama in celestial body, and serving Sri
Veda Vyasa. He is a Universal saint. He gives us
good health,sound mind and a blessed life. We
have to pray him, and to Lord Vishnu for our well
being. Let us worship this eminent guru and be
blessed. Let us chant his name along with Lord
Hari.
OM SREE MADHVACHARYARE NAMAHA
OM NAMO NARAYANA
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR