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title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nava_Brindavana" title="Nava Brindavana">Nava Brindavana</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="background: #FFC569"> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Hinduism" title="Portal:Hinduism">Hinduism portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Dvaita" title="Template:Dvaita"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Dvaita" title="Template talk:Dvaita"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Dvaita" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Dvaita"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Raghavendra Tirtha</b> (<span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Rāghavēndra Tīrtha</i></span>), also referred as <b>Raghavendra Swami</b>, (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>1595 – <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>1671) was a <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnava</a> scholar, theologian, and <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a>. He was also known as <b>Sudha Parimalacharya</b> (<span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Sudhā Parimaḷācārya</i></span>). His diverse oeuvre include commentaries on the works of <a href="/wiki/Madhva" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhva">Madhva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayatirtha" title="Jayatirtha">Jayatirtha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vyasatirtha" title="Vyasatirtha">Vyasatirtha</a>, interpretation of the <a href="/wiki/Principal_Upanishads" title="Principal Upanishads">Principal Upanishads</a> from the standpoint of <a href="/wiki/Dvaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvaita">Dvaita</a> and a treatise on <a href="/wiki/Purva_Mimamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Purva Mimamsa">Purva Mimamsa</a>. He served as the pontiff of the <a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">matha</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a> from 1621 to 1671.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961278_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961278-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raghavendra Tirtha was also an accomplished player of the <a href="/wiki/Veena" title="Veena">veena</a> and he composed several songs under the name of <i>Venu Gopala</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao196685_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao196685-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His memorial at <a href="/wiki/Mantralayam" title="Mantralayam">Mantralayam</a> attracts <a href="/wiki/Lakh" title="Lakh">lakhs</a> (hundreds of thousands) of visitors every year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raghavendra Tirtha was born as Venkatanatha in the town of <a href="/wiki/Bhuvanagiri,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu">Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu</a> into a <a href="/wiki/Kannada_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada people">Kannada</a> <a href="/wiki/Madhva_Brahmin" title="Madhva Brahmin">Madhva Brahmin</a> family of Gautama Gotra of musicians and scholars.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHebbar2005229_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHebbar2005229-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECallewaert1994187_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECallewaert1994187-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His great-grandfather Krishna Bhatta was a tutor to the <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara" title="Vijayanagara">Vijayanagara</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Krishnadeva_Raya" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishnadeva Raya">Krishnadevaraya</a>. His grandfather was Kanakachala Bhatta,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000482_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000482-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his father Thimmanna Bhatta (also known as Thimmannacharya) was an accomplished scholar and musician.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAiyangar1919252_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAiyangar1919252-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire, Thimmanacharya migrated to <a href="/wiki/Kanchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanchi">Kanchi</a> with his wife Gopikamba. Venkatanatha had two siblings—Gururaja and Venkatamba. Venkatanatha's education was taken care of by his brother-in-law Lakshmi Narasimhacharya at <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> after the early demise of his father, and he subsequently got married.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961279_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961279-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1624, Raghavendra Tirtha became the pontiff of the <i>Kumbhakonam Matha</i>, which was earlier known as <i>Vijayeendra Matha</i> or <i>Dakshinadi Matha</i>, now known by the name of <a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Math_(Mantralayam)" title="Raghavendra Math (Mantralayam)">Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha</a>. <a href="/wiki/Uttaradi_Math" title="Uttaradi Math">Uttaradi Math</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Vyasaraja_Math_(Sosale)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyasaraja Math (Sosale)">Vyasaraja Math</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Math_(Mantralayam)" title="Raghavendra Math (Mantralayam)">Raghavendra Math</a> are considered to be the three premier apostolic institutions of <a href="/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta" title="Dvaita Vedanta">Dvaita Vedanta</a> and are jointly referred as <i>Mathatraya</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000199_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000199-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rosen-p132_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosen-p132-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000193_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000193-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a short stay at <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a>, he went on a pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Rameswaram" title="Rameswaram">Rameswaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramnad">Ramnad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srirangam" title="Srirangam">Srirangam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a>. Later, he moved westwards to <a href="/wiki/Udupi" title="Udupi">Udupi</a> and Subramanya, and then to <a href="/wiki/Pandharpur" title="Pandharpur">Pandharpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur" title="Kolhapur">Kolhapur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bijapur" title="Bijapur">Bijapur</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur" title="Kolhapur">Kolhapur</a>, he is said to have stayed for a long time and at <a href="/wiki/Bijapur" title="Bijapur">Bijapur</a>, he supposedly defeated many <a href="/wiki/Advaitin" class="mw-redirect" title="Advaitin">Advaitins</a> and converted them to <a href="/wiki/Dvaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvaita">Dvaita</a> fold.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000483_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000483-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that, he returned to <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a>. By 1663 he left for <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> where he got a grant from Dodda Devaraya Odeyar. Finally, he chose to settle down in <a href="/wiki/Mantralayam" title="Mantralayam">Mantralayam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000484_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000484-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raghavendra Tirtha died in 1671 in <a href="/wiki/Mantralayam" title="Mantralayam">Mantralayam</a>, a village on the bank of river Tungabhadra in <a href="/wiki/Adoni" title="Adoni">Adoni</a> taluk in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000484_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000484-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Forty works have been attributed to Raghavendra Tirtha.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao196685_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao196685-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao2015325_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao2015325-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharma notes that his works are characterised by their compactness, simplicity and their ability to explain the abstruse metaphysical concepts of <a href="/wiki/Dvaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvaita">Dvaita</a> in understandable terms.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao196685_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao196685-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao2015325_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao2015325-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961282_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961282-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <i>Tantradipika</i> is an interpretation of the <a href="/wiki/Brahma_Sutra" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahma Sutra">Brahma Sutra</a> from the standpoint of <a href="/wiki/Dvaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvaita">Dvaita</a> incorporating elements from <a href="/wiki/Jayatirtha" title="Jayatirtha">Jayatirtha's</a> <i>Nyaya Sudha</i>, <a href="/wiki/Vyasatirtha" title="Vyasatirtha">Vyasatirtha's</a> <i>Tatparya Chandrika</i> and the glosses by <a href="/wiki/Vijayendra_Tirtha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayendra Tirtha">Vijayendra Tirtha</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961282_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961282-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bhavadipa</i> is a commentary on Jayatirtha's <i>Tattva Prakasika</i> which, apart from elucidating the concepts of the source text, criticises the allegations against <a href="/wiki/Madhva" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhva">Madhva</a> raised by <a href="/wiki/Appaya_Dikshita" class="mw-redirect" title="Appaya Dikshita">Appaya Dikshita</a> and grammarian <a href="/wiki/Bhattoji_Dikshita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhattoji Dikshita">Bhattoji Dikshita</a>.Raghavendra Tirtha's expertise in <a href="/wiki/Purva_Mimamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Purva Mimamsa">Purva Mimamsa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vyakarana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyakarana">Vyakarana</a> is evident from his works on Vyasatirtha's <i>Tatparya Chandrika</i>, which runs up to 18,000 stanzas. He wrote a commentary on <i>Nyaya Sudha</i> titled <i>Nyaya Sudha Parimala</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961285_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from these works, he has authored commentaries on the <a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a>, first three chapters of <a href="/wiki/Rig_Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Rig Veda">Rigveda</a> (called <i>Mantramanjari</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Bhagvad_Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagvad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>. As an independent treatise, he has authored a commentary on <a href="/wiki/Jaimini_Sutras" title="Jaimini Sutras">Jaimini Sutras</a> called <i>Bhatta Sangraha</i> which seeks to interpret the Purva Mimamsa doctrines from a Dvaita perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPandurangi2004_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPandurangi2004-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conversation_with_Sir_Thomas_Munroe_in_19th_century">Conversation with Sir Thomas Munroe in 19th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conversation with Sir Thomas Munroe in 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Rayaru had his Brindavana Pravesha around 1:30 pm in the 17th century, it is recorded in the Gazette of then Madras Presidency that he gave darshan and spoke to <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Munro,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Munroe</a>, a civil servant of British Government and discussed with him the restitution of the Inam Lands to the government which was being proposed then, meaning that Mantralaya would have become part of the restituted lands. After such a conversation, which Sir Thomas Munroe dutifully transcribed, the restitution was withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raghavendra Tirtha has been eulogised by Narayanacharya in his contemporaneous biography <i>Raghavendra Vijaya</i> and a hymn <i>Raghavendra Stotra</i> by Appannacharya. Outside the confines of <a href="/wiki/Dvaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvaita">Dvaita</a>, he is regarded as a saint known for preaching the worship of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> regardless of caste or creed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao201585_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao201585-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hebbar notes "By virtue of his spiritual charisma, coupled with the innumerable miracles associated with him, the pontiff saint may very well be said to possess an independent and cosmopolitan cult of his own with his devotees hailing not only from all walks of life but from all castes, sects and even creeds as well".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHebbar2004230_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHebbar2004230-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His humanitarianism is evident in the devotional poems composed in his honour by <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Dasa" title="Vijaya Dasa">Vijaya Dasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gopala_Dasa" title="Gopala Dasa">Gopala Dasa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jagannatha_Dasa_(Kannada_poet)" title="Jagannatha Dasa (Kannada poet)">Jagannatha Dasa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961281_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961281-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raghavendra has also seen representation in the popular culture through <a href="/wiki/Indian_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Cinema">Indian Cinema</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"> <th>Year</th> <th>Film</th> <th>Title role</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Language</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mantralaya_Mahatme" title="Mantralaya Mahatme">Mantralaya Mahatme</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a></td> <td>T. V. Singh Thakur</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a></td> <td>The song from the film titled "Indu Enage Govinda" was written by Raghavendra himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td><i>Sri Raghavendra Vaibhava</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srinath_(Kannada_actor)" title="Srinath (Kannada actor)">Srinath</a></td> <td>Babu Krishnamurthy</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a></td> <td>Srinath won <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_State_Film_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka State Film Award">Karnataka State Film Award</a> for Best Actor for the film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><i>Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Vaibhavam</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)">Rama Krishna</a></td> <td>M. R. Nag</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a></td> <td>Ramakrishna's last film as a Hero in Telugu </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sri_Raghavendrar" title="Sri Raghavendrar">Sri Raghavendrar</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajnikanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajnikanth">Rajnikanth</a></td> <td>SP. Muthuraman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a></td> <td>The film was <a href="/wiki/Rajnikanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajnikanth">Rajnikanth's</a> 100th </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 132. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788120812352" title="Special:BookSources/9788120812352"><bdi>9788120812352</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Vaisnavism&rft.pages=132&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+Publishers&rft.date=1994-11-30&rft.isbn=9788120812352&rft.au=Steven+Rosen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4IrQkw5x2o4C%26pg%3DPA132&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000193-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000193_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma2000">Sharma 2000</a>, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000483-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000483_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma2000">Sharma 2000</a>, p. 483.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma2000484-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000484_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma2000484_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma2000">Sharma 2000</a>, p. 484.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERao2015325-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao2015325_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao2015325_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRao2015">Rao 2015</a>, p. 325.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961282-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961282_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961282_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma1961">Sharma 1961</a>, p. 282.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961285-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961285_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma1961">Sharma 1961</a>, p. 285.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPandurangi2004-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPandurangi2004_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPandurangi2004">Pandurangi 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4zBOLQLy_cwC"><i>March of Karnataka, Volume 20</i></a>. Director of Information and Publicity, Government of Karnataka. 1982. p. 17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=March+of+Karnataka%2C+Volume+20&rft.pages=17&rft.pub=Director+of+Information+and+Publicity%2C+Government+of+Karnataka&rft.date=1982&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4zBOLQLy_cwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERao201585-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao201585_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRao2015">Rao 2015</a>, p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHebbar2004230-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHebbar2004230_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHebbar2004">Hebbar 2004</a>, p. 230.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESharma1961281-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESharma1961281_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSharma1961">Sharma 1961</a>, p. 281.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghavendra_Tirtha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharma1961" class="citation book cs1">Sharma, B.N.K (1961). <i>History of Dvaita school of Vedanta and its Literature, Vol 2</i> (3rd ed.). Bombay: Motilal Banarasidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-208-1575-0" title="Special:BookSources/81-208-1575-0"><bdi>81-208-1575-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Dvaita+school+of+Vedanta+and+its+Literature%2C+Vol+2.&rft.place=Bombay&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarasidass&rft.date=1961&rft.isbn=81-208-1575-0&rft.aulast=Sharma&rft.aufirst=B.N.K&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharma2000" class="citation book cs1">Sharma, B. N. Krishnamurti (2000). <i>A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, 3rd Edition</i>. Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8120815759" title="Special:BookSources/978-8120815759"><bdi>978-8120815759</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Dvaita+School+of+Ved%C4%81nta+and+Its+Literature%2C+3rd+Edition&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+%282008+Reprint%29&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-8120815759&rft.aulast=Sharma&rft.aufirst=B.+N.+Krishnamurti&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHebbar2005" class="citation book cs1">Hebbar, B.N (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/SriKrsnaTempleAtUdupi"><i>The Sri-Krsna Temple at Udupi: The History and Spiritual Center of the Madhvite Sect of Hinduism</i></a>. Bharatiya Granth Nikethan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-89211-04-8" title="Special:BookSources/81-89211-04-8"><bdi>81-89211-04-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Sri-Krsna+Temple+at+Udupi%3A+The+History+and+Spiritual+Center+of+the+Madhvite+Sect+of+Hinduism&rft.pub=Bharatiya+Granth+Nikethan&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=81-89211-04-8&rft.aulast=Hebbar&rft.aufirst=B.N&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FSriKrsnaTempleAtUdupi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCallewaert1994" class="citation book cs1">Callewaert, Winand M. (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GrMwdEqHLzEC"><i>According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India</i></a>. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3447035248" title="Special:BookSources/978-3447035248"><bdi>978-3447035248</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=According+to+Tradition%3A+Hagiographical+Writing+in+India&rft.pub=Otto+Harrassowitz+Verlag&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-3447035248&rft.aulast=Callewaert&rft.aufirst=Winand+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGrMwdEqHLzEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRao1966" class="citation book cs1">Rao, Krishna, M.V (1966). <i>Purandara and the Haridasa Movement</i>. Dharwad: Karnatak University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Purandara+and+the+Haridasa+Movement&rft.place=Dharwad&rft.pub=Karnatak+University&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Rao&rft.aufirst=Krishna%2C+M.V&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPandurangi2004" class="citation book cs1">Pandurangi, K.T (2004). <i>Bhatta Sangraha</i>. Bengaluru: Dvaita Vedanta Studies and Research Foundation.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bhatta+Sangraha&rft.place=Bengaluru&rft.pub=Dvaita+Vedanta+Studies+and+Research+Foundation&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Pandurangi&rft.aufirst=K.T&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAiyangar1919" class="citation book cs1">Aiyangar, Krishnaswami (1919). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924024120150"><i>Sources of Vijayanagar History</i></a>. Chennai: University of Madras.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sources+of+Vijayanagar+History&rft.place=Chennai&rft.pub=University+of+Madras&rft.date=1919&rft.aulast=Aiyangar&rft.aufirst=Krishnaswami&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924024120150&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShah1999" class="citation book cs1">Shah, Giriraj (1999). <i>Saints, gurus and mystics of India</i>. Vol. 2. Cosmo Publications. p. 473. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7020-856-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7020-856-3"><bdi>978-81-7020-856-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Saints%2C+gurus+and+mystics+of+India&rft.pages=473&rft.pub=Cosmo+Publications&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-81-7020-856-3&rft.aulast=Shah&rft.aufirst=Giriraj&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaghavendra+Tirtha" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRao2015" class="citation book cs1">Rao, Raghavendra (2015). <i>The Proceedings Of The Indian History Congress 8th Session</i>. 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