Sri Raghunatha Tirtha | |
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Born | Vishnu Shastri 1405 |
Died | 1502 |
Religion | Hinduism |
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Order | Vedanta ( Uttaradi Math) |
Philosophy |
Dvaita, Vaishnavism |
Religious career | |
Guru | Vidyanidhi Tirtha |
Successor | Raghuvarya Tirtha |
Disciples |
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Shri Raghunatha Tirtha ( IAST:Śrī Raghunātha Tīrtha) ( c.1405 – c.1502), was a Hindu philosopher, scholar and saint. He served as the pontiff of Uttaradi Math from 1442–1502. He was the 19th in succession from Madhvacharya. [1] [2]
Raghunatha Tirtha was a contemporary of Vibhudendra Tirtha, the progenitor of the Raghavendra Math and Sripadaraja, a pontiff of mutt at Mulbagal (now known by the name Sripadaraja Mutt), Vyasatirtha and Purandara Dasa. [3] It so happened that when Lakshminarayana Tirtha was initiated in renunciation and recognised as Svarnavarna Tirtha's successor to pontificate, he was sent to Vibhudendra Tirtha for higher learning, where he became an expert in Dvaita system. [4] A test of his knowledge was held under supervision of Raghunatha Tirtha. Lakshminarayana excelled in the test by commenting upon a major text of the system. It was Raghunatha Tirtha who conferred upon him the name Sripadaraja or Sripadaraya. [5] Sripadarajashtakam also mentions Sripadaraja's joint pilgrimage with Raghunatha Tirtha to Benares. [5] [3] Sripadaraja was a close associate of Raghunatha Tirtha. [3] [6] [7] [3] Raghunatha Tirtha died in 1502 and his mortal remains were enshrined in the mutt at Malkheda. He was succeeded by his disciple. [3]
When Sri Raghunatha Tirtha of the Uttaradi Matha came to Kopra, he was impressed by the scholarship of the young monk and conferred on him the title 'Sripadarajaru.
He was a close friend of Raghunathatirth of Uttaradi Mutt and it was he who called Laxminarayana, Shripadaraja.