Sri Madhvacharya - Swami Tapasyananda

Madhva’s birth and upbringing

Our knowledge of Sri Madhvacharya’s life (1238-1317) is based on Madhvavijaya, a work in Sanskrit by Narayana Pandita, which is held in great esteem both as a historical text and a sacred poetical work by the followers of this noted Acharya. The work can be taken very largely as authentic in regard to the historical setting given in it, as it was produced by a contemporary soon after the demise of the Acharya. Narayana Panditacharya (1287-1350) was the son of Trivikrama Pandita, originally a great Advaitic scholar, who later became a disciple of Madhva after a long debate with him. The Madhvavijaya is full of remarkable miracles, many of which are also narrated here, as they give us an idea of the great impact his life made on contemporaries.

© `Sri Madhvacharya - His Life, Religion & Philosophy’ by Swami Tapasyananda, published (1996) by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004. Reprinted with permission.

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