Raghuvarya Tirtha


nameRaghuvarya Tirtha
honorific_prefixSri
religionHinduism
birth_nameRamachandra Shastri
birth_placeMannur, Bijapur district, Karnataka, India
birth_date1462 CE
death_date1557 CE
death_placeHampi
resting_placeNava Brindavana
orderVedanta (Uttaradi Math)
guruRaghunatha Tirtha
successorRaghuttama Tirtha
disciplesRaghuttama Tirtha
philosophyDvaita, Vaishnavism

Raghuvarya Tirtha (c. undefined1462 - c. undefined1557) was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, theologian and saint. He served as the pontiff of Shri Uttaradi Math from 1502-1557. He was the thirteenth in succession from Madhvacharya. According to tradition Sri Raghuvarya Tirtha taught the famous Nyayasudha of Jayatirtha seven times to his disciples.

Meet with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

According to Baladeva, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu accepted Sri Madhvacharya’s theological position as true and in line with Vedanta. According to ninth chapter of Chaitanya Charitamrita - Madya-lila, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu met Raghuvarya Tirtha in Udupi to discuss means and end of spiritual life and also about nine types of spiritual practices.

Works

Raghuvarya Tirtha composed many works but some of his extant works are Laghupariksa (or Raghupariksa) on nyaya, a commentary on Narayanapanditacarya’s Prameyaratnamalika, Kṛṣṇastuti a devotional lyric in Kannada.