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PHILOSOPHER

Madhvacharya

1199 - 1278

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Madhvāchārya (IAST: Madhvācārya; pronounced [mɐdʱʋaːˈtɕaːrjɐ]; CE 1199–1278 or CE 1238–1317), and also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha (Aananda Theertharu), was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint".Madhvacharya was born on the west coast of Karnataka state in 13th-century India. As a teenager, he became a Sanyasi (monk) joining Brahma-sampradaya guru Achyutapreksha, of the Ekadandi order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madhvacharya has received more than 1,202,599 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Madhvacharya is the 447th most popular philosopher (up from 626th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from India (up from 182nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Madhvacharya ranks 447 out of 1,081Before him are Lucilio Vanini, Yuri Lotman, Brunetto Latini, Ravidas, Yi Hwang, and Alan Watts. After him are Alain de Benoist, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Henry Suso, Ibn al-Rawandi, Petrus Ramus, and Abul A'la Maududi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1199, Madhvacharya ranks 4Before him are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, Ferdinand III of Castile, and Ladislaus III of Hungary. After him are Ahmad al-Badawi, Guttorm of Norway, Bohemond V of Antioch, Thomas, Count of Flanders, Raymond-Roupen, and Sava II. Among people deceased in 1278, Madhvacharya ranks 3Before him are Ottokar II of Bohemia and Al-Nawawi. After him are Emperor Duanzong, William of Villehardouin, Bolesław II the Horned, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, and Peire Cardenal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhvacharya ranks 138 out of 1,493Before him are Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Anthony de Mello (1931), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Ravidas (1450), and Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906). After him are Pratibha Patil (1934), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Zakir Husain (1897), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Madhvacharya ranks 21Before him are Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramanuja (1017), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Buddhaghosa (401), and Ravidas (1450). After him are Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Shantideva (685), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and Chandrakirti (600).