Raghuvarya Tirtha Explained

Raghuvarya Tirtha
Honorific Prefix:Sri
Birth Name:Ramachandra Shastri
Birth Date:1462 CE
Death Date:1557 CE
Death Place:Hampi
Order:Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
Disciples:Raghuttama Tirtha
Philosophy:Dvaita,
Vaishnavism

Raghuvarya Tirtha (1462 - 1557) was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, theologian and saint. He served as the pontiff of Shri Uttaradi Math from 1502-1557. He was the thirteenth in succession from Madhvacharya. According to tradition Sri Raghuvarya Tirtha taught the famous Nyayasudha of Jayatirtha seven times to his disciples.

Career

Works

Raghuvarya Tirtha composed many works but some of his extant works are Laghupariksa (or Raghupariksa) on nyaya, a commentary on Narayanapanditacarya's Prameyaratnamalika, Kṛṣṇastuti a devotional lyric in Kannada.

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