Kavindra Tirtha
{{short description|Hindu guru}}
{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name =H. H. Shri 1008 Shri Kavindra Tīrtha Shrīpādaru
| religion = Hinduism
| birth_name = Vishnudasacharya
| birth_place =
| birth_date =1333
| death_date = 1398
| death_place = Hampi
| resting_place = Nava Brindavana
| honors =
| works = Vaadaratnavali
| order = Vedanta (Uttaradi Math)
| guru = Vidyadhiraja Tirtha
| successor = Vagisha Tirtha
| disciples = Vagisha Tirtha
| philosophy = Dvaita Vedanta
}}
{{Vaishnavism}}
{{DvaitaInfobox}}
Kavīndra Tīrtha (Sanskrit:कवीन्द्रतीर्थ); ({{circa}} 1333 - {{circa}}1398), was a Dvaita philosopher, saint, scholar and the seventh peetadhipathi of Madhvacharya Peetha {{mdash}} Shri Uttaradi Matha from 1392-1398.{{cite book|title=Religion in Vijayanagara Empire|url=https://archive.org/details/religioninvijaya0000saro|url-access=registration|author=Konduri Sarojini Devi|publisher=Sterling Publishers|year=1990|page=[https://archive.org/details/religioninvijaya0000saro/page/133 133]|quote=This selection of Kavindra as the successor of Vidyadhiraja, leaving Rajendra Tirtha resulted in the bifurcation of the Madhva Mathas, namely Vyasaraya Matha at Sosale headed by Rajendra Tirtha and Uttaradi Matha presided by Kavindra Tirtha.}}
Life
Kavindra in his previous stage of life is identical with Viṣṇudāsācārya, the author of the Vādaratnāvalī.{{Cite book|url=https://ualberta.worldcat.org/title/jewel-necklace-of-argument-the-vadaratnavali-of-visnudasacarya/oclc/23751656|title=The jewel-necklace of argument: (the Vādaratnāvali of Viṣṇudāsācārya)|last=Gerow|first=Edwin|date=1990|publisher=American Oriental Society|isbn=|location=New Haven, Conn.|pages=|language=English|oclc=23751656}} The latter is said to be revered by the former.{{Sfn|Rao|1984|p=45}}{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=491}} Other scholars assert that Viṣṇudāsācārya lived from 1390-1440 .{{sfn|Sharma|2000|p=269}}
References
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