Raghuvarya Tirtha | |
Honorific Prefix: | Sri |
Birth Name: | Ramachandra Shastri |
Birth Date: | 1462 CE |
Death Date: | 1557 CE |
Death Place: | Hampi |
Order: | Vedanta (Uttaradi Math) |
Disciples: | Raghuttama Tirtha |
Philosophy: | Dvaita, Vaishnavism |
Raghuvarya Tirtha (1462 - 1557) 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.
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.