Padmanabha Tirtha (attained Siddhi 1324) was a

Dvaita Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST:Tattvavāda), is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. The term Tattvavada literally means "arguments from a realist viewpoint". The Tattvavada (Dvaita) Vedanta ...

philosopher, scholar and the disciple of

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the '' Dvaita'' (dualism) sch ...

. Ascending the pontifical seat after Madhva, he served as the primary commentator of his

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and in doing so, significantly elucidated Madhva's terse and laconic style of writing. His pioneering efforts in expanding upon the

texts to uncover the underlying metaphysical intricacies was taken forward by the 14th Century philosopher,

Jayatirtha Sri Jayatirtha (), ''also known as'' Teekacharya () (1345 - 1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the most important seers in ...

. Padmanabha is also credited with disseminating the philosophy of

outside the

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Life

According to Narayana Pandita's '' Madhva Vijaya'', Padmanabha, born Shobhanabhatta, a

Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and northern area of the state of Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha B ...

, was an accomplished scholar and logician. Shobhana Bhatta was native of

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, a town on the bank of the river

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of Maharashtra. After being won over by Madhva in a debate, he adopted

and was subsequently tasked by Madhva to disseminate the nascent philosophy across the subcontinent. After his death, he was entombed at Nava Brindavana near

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. His disciple

Narahari Tirtha Narahari Tirtha ( 1243 - 1333) was a Dvaita philosopher, scholar, statesman and one of the disciples of Madhvacharya. He is considered to be the progenitor of the Haridasa movement along with Sripadaraja. Though only two of his scholarly wo ...

succeeded him as the pontiff.

Works

15 extant-works have been ascribed to him, most of which are commentaries on the works of

Madhva Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' (dualism) schoo ...

. His notable works include ''Nyayaratnavali'', a commentary on Madhva's ''Vishnu Tattva Vinirnaya'', ''Sattarkadipavali'' a gloss on ''Bramha Sutra Bhashya'' and ''Sannyayaratnavali'' on ''Anu Vyakhyana''. Sharma notes "dignity, elegance, clearness, brevity and avoidance of digression and controversies mark his style". Though

later diverges from Padmanabha's views, he eulogies the latter's pioneering work in his ''Nyaya Sudha'' and acknowledges his influence. Padmanabha's influence is also acknowledged by

Vyasatirtha Vyāsatīrtha (. 1460 – 1539), also called ''Vyasaraja'' or ''Chandrikacharya'', was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the patron saint of the Vija ...

, who attempts, in his ''Tatparya Chandrika'', to reconcile Jayatritha and Padmanabha's views.

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