Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Vol. XVIII : Dvaita Vedanta Philosophy
Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. Summaries of works: 1. Madhva. 2. Trivikrama Panditacarya (1258-1320). 3. Samkaracarya (1320). 4. Padmanabha Tirtha (1318-1324). 5. Narahari Tirtha (1324-1333). 6. Narayana Panditacarya (1335). 7. Traivikramaryadasa (1355). 8. Aksobhya Tirtha (1350-1365). 9. Jayatirtha (1330-1388). 10. Vyasatirtha (1400). 11. Vidyadhiraja (1388-1412). 12. Visnudasacarya (1390-1440). 13. Sripadaraja (1420-1487). 14. Vyasaraya (1478-1539). 15. Vijayindra Tirtha (1514-1595). 16. Vadiraja (1500-1595). 17. Raghuttama Yati (1557-1596). 18. Anandatirtha (1600). 19. Anandabhttaraka (1535-1605). 20. Vedesa Bhiksu of Tirtha (1570-1620). 21. Rotti Venkatabhatta Upadhyaya (1620). 22. Visvapati Tirtha (1510-1620). 23. Ramacarya (Vyasa) (1550-1620). 24. Yadupati (1580-1630). 25. Kambalu Ramacandra Tirtha (1575-1635). 26. Visvesvara Tirtha (1580-1640). 27. Niyamananda (1640). 28. Sarkara Srinivasa (1590-1640). 29. Satyanidhi Tirtha (1638-1648). 30. Appanacarya Sunu (1650). 31. Vidyadhisa Tirtha (1600-1650). 32. Gauda Purnananda Cakravartin (1650). 33. Janardana Bhatta (1650). 34. Prurusottama (1650). 35. Pandurangi Kesavacarya or Gururaja (1605-1660). 36. Prahlada Krsnacarya (1660). 37. Bidarahalli Srinivasa (1600-1660). 38. Raghavendra Tirtha (1624-1671). 39. Satyanatha Yati (1648-1674). 40. Chalari Narasimhacarya (1600-1675). 41. Kaundalagiri Suri (1620-1680). 42. Chalari Sesacarya (1635-1705). 43. Satyabhinava Tirtha (1675-1706). 44. Vanamali Misra (1650-1720). 45. Sumatindranatha Tirtha (1692-1725). 46. Venidatta (Vagisa Bhatta) 1740. 47. Satyapriya Tirtha (1737-1744). 48. Raghunatha Tirtha (1700-1755). 49. Radha Damodara (1710-1760). 50. Jagannatha Tirtha (1695-1770). 51. Narasimha Yati (1780). 52. Satyavara Tirtha (1788-1794). 53. Padmanabhacarya (1750-1800). 54. Adavi Jayatirtha (1756-1806). 55. Satyadharma Tritha (1798-1830). 56. Hulugi Sriyahpatyacarya (1830). 57. Varkhedi Timmannacarya (1850). 58. Kasi Timmanna (1800-1850). 59. Anneyacarya (1850). 60. Mysore Anantacarya 1860. 61. Cochi Rangappacarya (1829-1891). 62. Subbaraya Acarya 1896. 63. Gopalakrsnacarya 1900. 64. T.R. Krsnacarya 1903. 65. Krsnavadhuta Pandita 1835-1909. 66. Gauagiri Venkata Ramacarya 1857-1931. 67. Satyadhyana Tirtha 1913-1942. 68. Satyapramoda Tirtha 1961. 69. Vidyamanya Tirtha 1961. 70. K.T. Pandurangi (Contemp.). 71. Eri Balacarya (2001). Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
Madhva the founding figure of the Dvaita system of philosophy, states the major tenets of his philosophical system in a nutshell in his Mahabharata-tatparyanirnaya 1.70-71: The flow of the world is real together with its five fold difference:
1. The difference between God and jivas (i.e. the individual selves);
2. The mutual differences (s) among the jivas;
3. The difference (s) between God and jada (i.e. inert) objects;
4. The mutual differences (s) among the jada objects;
5. The difference between the jada objects and the individual selves.
These differences are permanent and will continue forever. These differences will continue ever after liberation. The hierarchy of the jivas will also continue even after liberation.
Madhva’s is the first of those systems labeled “Vedanta” to espouse such a sweeping set of distinct kinds of real entities. Notably, the Advaita system of Samkara denied any differences at all, labelling all such distinctions at best anirvacaniya, impossible to speak of consistently. Madhava’s passage, quoted above, states his disagreement with such a position in as extreme terms as is possible. Besides forming an importance school of thought in its own right, Madhva provided the backdrop to the “modern period of Indian thought in which even the importance of liberation and the basic assumptions concerning it came into question (jacket)
