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Vedantadeshika

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Also called:
Venkatanatha
Born:
1268, Tuppule, near Kanchipuram, Vijayanagar, India
Died:
1370, Srirangam (aged 102)
Founder:
Vadakalai
Subjects Of Study:
Vishishtadvaita
prapatti
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Vedantadeshika (born 1268, Tuppule, near Kanchipuram, Vijayanagar, India—died 1370, Srirangam) was a leading theologian of the Vishishtadvaita (Qualified Nondualist) school of philosophy and founder of the Vadakalai subsect of the Shrivaishnavas, a religious movement of South India. Vedantadeshika was born into a distinguished Shrivaishnava family that followed the teachings of Ramanuja, an 11th–12th-century saint. A precocious child, Vedantadeshika was said to have been taken at age five to meet the sect’s leader, Vatsya Varadacharya, who blessed him, saying he would in time be a great teacher and repudiate all false philosophers. Vedantadeshika married and had a family but lived on ...(100 of 236 words)

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