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. It is said that Ramanuja joined Yadava Prakaasa's school while he was only sixteen years old. However severe differences rose between them early on, over the interpretation of several

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. This eventually led Ramanuja to break away from Yadava Prakaasa and expound his own school of thought known as

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. When Ramanuja was a student under Yadava Prakasa, the latter grew jealous of Ramanuja's rise to fame. So Yadava Prakasa tried to get rid of Ramanuja during a tour to the

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in north India. Govinda, Ramanuja's cousin, realised this and warned Ramanuja who then left the group and escaped to Kanchi with the help of an elderly hunter couple. Later Yadava Prakasa realised his folly and became a disciple under Ramanuja.

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