Vyasaraja Math (Sosale)
Sri Vyasaraja Math (Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಸರಾಜ ಮಠ) (formerly known as Dakshinadi Math[1]) is one of the three premier Dvaita Vedanta monasteries (matha) descended from Jagadguru Śrī Madhvācārya through, Rajendra Tirtha and their disciples.[2][3]
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Vyasaraja Math, along with Uttaradi Math and Raghavendra Math , are considered to be the three premier apostolic institutions of Dvaita Vedanta and are jointly referred as Mathatraya .[4][5][6] It is the pontiffs and pandits of the Mathatraya that have been the principle architects of post-Madhva Dvaita Vedanta through the centuries.[7]
Guru Parampara
- Śrī Madhvacharya
- Śrī Padmanabha Tirtha- Navabrundavana, Hampi
- Śrī Naraharitirtha - Venkatapura, Hampi
- Śrī Madhava Tirtha - Mannuru
- Śrī Akshobhya Tirtha - Malakheda
- Śrī Jayatirtha (Sri Tikaacharyaru) - Malakheda
- Śrī Vidyadhiraja Tirtha
- Śrī Rajendra Tīrtharu (Yeragola)
- Śrī Jayadwaja Tīrtharu(Yeragola)
- Śrī Purushothama Tīrtharu(Abbur)
- Śrī Bramhanya Tīrtharu(Abbur)
- Śrī Śrī Vyasa Tīrtharu (SriVyasarajaru OR Sri Chandrikacharyaru)(Navabrundavana, Hampi)
- Śrī Srinivasa Tīrtharu(Navabrundavana, Hampi)
- Śrī Rama Tīrtharu(Navabrundavana, Hampi)
- Śrī Lakshmikantha Tīrtharu(Penukonda)
- Śrī Sripathi Tīrtharu(Vellore)
- Śrī Ramachandra Tīrtharu(Vellore)
- Śrī Lakshmivallabha Tīrtharu(Belur)
- Śrī Lakshminatha Tīrtharu(Srirangam)
- Śrī Lakshmipathi Tīrtharu(Srirangam)
- Śrī Lakshminarayana Tīrtharu(Badri)
- Śrī Raghunatha Tīrtharu (Sri Sheshachandrikacharyaru)(Tirumakkudalu)
- Śrī Jagannatha Tīrtharu (Sri Bhashyadeepikacharyaru)(Kumbhakonam)
- Śrī Srinatha Tīrtharu(Tirumakkudalu)
- Śrī Vidyanatha Tīrtharu(Kumbhakonam)
- Śrī Vidyapathi Tīrtharu(Kumbhakonam)
- Śrī Vidyavallabha Tīrtharu(Tirumakkudalu)
- Śrī Vidyakaantha Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyanidhi Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyapurna Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyasrisindhu Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyasridhara Tīrtharu(Srirangam)
- Śrī Vidyasrinivasa Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyasamudra Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyaratnakara Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyavaridhi Tīrtharu(Srirangam)
- Śrī Vidyaprasanna Tīrtharu(Sosale)
- Śrī Vidyapayonidhi Tīrtharu(Tirumakkudalu)
- Śrī Vidyavachaspathi Tīrtharu(Tirumakkudalu)
- Śri Vidyamanohara Tirtharu( left the seat 2017
- Sri Vidyasreesha Tirtharu( present pontiff)
Present Pontiff
Mahamahopadhya Prof. D.Prahladacharya, Former Vice-Chancellor of Rashtreeya Samskrit Vidyapeeta, Tirupati was crowned as the new with the pontifical name of Sri VidyaSrisha Tirtharu on 2 July 2017 at Tirumakudalu, Mysore, Karnataka.
References
- Hebbar 2005, p. 93.
- Konduri Sarojini Devi (1990). Religion in Vijayanagara Empire. Sterling Publishers. p. 133.
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.
- Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry; V. Vijayaraghavacharya. Tirumalai-Tirupati Dēvasthānam Epigraphical Series: pt. 1. Inscriptions of Venkatapatiraya's time. Sri Mahant's Dévasthānam Press. p. 72.
Vidyādhirāja Tirtha ( the sixth Pontiff) or sixth successor of Uttarādi Matha) and founder of Vyāsarāya Matha), and appointed Rajendra Tirtha, as first Pontiff of this Vyāsaraya Matha
- Sharma 2000, p. 199.
- Steven Rosen (30 November 1994). Vaisnavism. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 9788120812352.
- Sharma 2000, p. 193.
- B. N. Hebbar (2004). Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita: A Systematic and Comparative Study of the Two Schools of Vedānta with Special Reference to Some Doctrinal Controversies. Bharatiya Granth Niketan. p. 29. ISBN 9788189211011.