Sri Ramanujacharya
| Rāmānuja | |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Vishishtadvaita |
| Personal | |
| Born |
Iḷaiyāḻvār, 1017 CE Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | 1137 CE Sri Rangam, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Literary works | Traditionally 9 Sanskrit texts, including Vedartha Sangraham, Sri Bhashyam, Gita Bhashyam |
| Honors | Emberumār, Udaiyavar, Yatirāja (king of sannyasis) |
| Propagator | Vishishtadvaita Vedanta |
Ramanuja (traditionally, 1017–1137 CE; IAST: Rāmānuja; [raːmaːnud͡ʑə] ) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. He was born in a Tamil Brāhmin family in the village of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.
Rāmānuja's guru was Yādava Prakāśa, a scholar who was a part of the more ancient Advaita Vedānta monastic tradition. Sri Vaishnava tradition holds that Rāmānuja disagreed with his guru and the non-dualistic Advaita Vedānta, and instead followed in the footsteps of Indian Alvārs tradition, the scholars Nāthamuni and Yamunāchārya.Rāmānuja is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedānta, and his disciples were likely authors of texts such as the Shatyayaniya Upanishad.Rāmānuja himself wrote influential texts, such as bhāsya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.
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