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Madhvacharya

1199 - 1278

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Madhvacharya (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 Realistic 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 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Madhvacharya is the 482nd most popular philosopher (down from 447th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from India (down from 137th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Over the past year Madhvacharya has had the most page views in the with 182,628 views, followed by Kannada (25,229), and Hindi (17,381). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (391.88%), Basque (86.55%), and Malagasy (83.59%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Madhvacharya ranks 482 out of 1,267. Before him are Aristo of Chios, Jyotirao Phule, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Willard Van Orman Quine, Arete of Cyrene, and Yan Hui. After him are Agrippa the Skeptic, Yi Hwang, Norberto Bobbio, Hegesias of Cyrene, Themistius, and Ibn al-Rawandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1199, Madhvacharya ranks 5. Before him are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, Ferdinand III of Castile, Ladislaus III of Hungary, and Ahmad al-Badawi. After him are Thomas, Count of Flanders, Bohemond V of Antioch, Raymond-Roupen, Sava II, and Guttorm of Norway. Among people deceased in 1278, Madhvacharya ranks 3. Before him are Ottokar II of Bohemia, and Al-Nawawi. After him are Emperor Duanzong, William of Villehardouin, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, Bolesław II the Horned, and Peire Cardenal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhvacharya ranks 164 out of 1,861. Before him are Ravidas (1450), Mangal Pandey (1827), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Zakir Husain (1897), and Jyotirao Phule (1827). After him are Vikramaditya (-102), Birsa Munda (1875), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), and Kittur Chennamma (1778).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Madhvacharya ranks 22. Before him are Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Buddhaghosa (401), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ravidas (1450), and Jyotirao Phule (1827). After him are Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Thiruvalluvar (350), and Dignāga (480).

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