Raghavendra Math (Mantralayam)
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Shri Raghavendra Math, better known as Rayara Math (popularly known as Shri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, formerly known as Kumbakonam Math, Vibhudendra Math, Dakshinadi Mutt[1] or Vijayendra Math) is one of the Dvaita Vedanta monasteries (matha) descended from Madhvacharya through Vibudhendra Tirtha (a disciple of Ramchandra Tirtha) and their disciples based in Mantralayam. It is one of the three premier monasteries descended in the lineage of Jayatirtha the other two being Uttaradi Math and Vyasaraja Math and are jointly referred as Mathatraya.[2][3][4] It is the pontiffs and pandits of the Mathatraya that have been the principle architects of post-Madhva Dvaita Vedanta through the centuries.[5] Raghavendra Matha is located on the bank of Tungabhadra River in Mantralayam in Adoni taluk of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, India.[6][7]
History
Raghavendra Math is descended from Jagadguru Shri Madhvacharya through Vibhudendra Tirtha.[8][9][10] The Raghavendra Math was founded by Vibhudendra Tirtha in Kumbhakonam. So, earlier the matha was known as Kumbhakonam Matha or Dakshinadi Math and later the matha was made popular as Sri Vijayendra Mutt after Vijayendra Tirtha by Sudhindra Tirtha, a disciple and successor to the pontificate of Kumbakonam Matha. After Sudhindra Tirtha his disciple, the most venerated dvaita saint Raghavendra Tirtha continued in the pontifical lineage as the pontiff of the matha. The idol of the Moola Rama is worshipped in this Math. Its headquarters are now in Mantralayam, Andhra Pradesh, although they used to be in Nanjangud, Karnataka. This mutt is highly respected among Hindus all over the world. The matha was later named after Raghavendra Tirtha as Raghavendra Matha. Other common names still include Dakshinaadi Matha.
Guru Parampara
The Guru Parampara (Lineage of Saints) of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt is given below.
- Sri Madhvacharya
- Sri Padmanabha Tirtha
- Sri Narahari Tirtha
- Sri Madhava Tirtha
- Sri Akshobhya Tirtha
- Sri Jayatirtha
- Sri Vidyadhiraja Tirtha
- Sri Kavindra Thirtha
- Sri Vaageesha Thirtha
- Sri Ramachandra Tirtha
- Sri Vibudhendra Tirtha
- Sri Jitamitra Tirtha
- Sri Raghunandana Tirtha
- Sri Surendra Tirtha
- Sri Vijayeendra Tirtha
- Sri Sudhindra Tirtha
- Sri Raghavendra Tirtha
- Sri Yogeendra Tirtha
- Sri Sooreendra Tirtha
- Sri Sumateendra Tirtha
- Sri Upendra Tirtha
- Sri Vadeendra Tirtha
- Sri Vasudhendra Tirtha
- Sri Varadendra Tirtha
- Sri Dheerendra Tirtha
- Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha
- Sri Subodhendra Tirtha
- Sri Sujanendra Tirtha
- Sri Sujnanendra Tirtha
- Sri Sudharmendra Tirtha
- Sri Sugunendra Tirtha
- Sri Suprajnendra Tirtha
- Sri Sukrutheendra Tirtha
- Sri Susheelendra Tirtha
- Sri Suvrateendra Tirtha
- Sri Suyameendra Tirtha
- Sri Sujayeendra Tirtha
- Sri Sushameendra Tirtha
- Sri Suyateendra Tirtha
- Sri Subudhendra Tirtha – (Present Pontiff)[11]
References
- ^ Census of India, 1961, Volume 2, Issue 6, Part 32. Office of the Registrar General Manager of Publications. 1962. p. 86.
Sri Raghavendraswamy Mutt at Mantralaya is also known as Kumbhakonam Mutt and Dakshinadi Mutt i.e., belonging to South.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Venkataraya Narayan Kudva (1972). History of the Dakshinatya Saraswats. Samyukta Gowda Saraswata Sabha. p. 196.
- ^ Purabhilekh-puratatva: Journal of the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum, Panaji-Goa, Volume 2. The Directorate. 2001. p. 90.
This matha was established by one Vibhdeendra Teertha in the middle of the 15th century. He was the spiritual progenitor of Sri Ramachandra Teertha of the Uttaradi matha. Both belong to Dvaita philosophy.
- ^ Siba Pada Sen (1980). Sources of the History of India, Volume 3. Institute of Historical Studies. p. 390.
Sri Vibudendra-Tirtha founded the Kumbhakona Matha. This Matha came into existence in the fifteenth century.
- ^ Purabhilekh-puratatva: Journal of the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum, Panaji-Goa, Volume 2. The Directorate. 2001. p. 90.
This matha was established by one Vibhudeendra Teertha in the middle of the 15th century. He was the spiritual progenitor of Sri Ramachandra Teertha of the Uttaradi matha. Both belong to Dvaita philosophy.
- ^ The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore)., Volume 83. Mythic Society. 1992. p. 133.
During the 15th century Ramachandra Teertha had initiated two sanyasis and of the two Vibhudendra Teertha founded a new Matha in the far South at Kumbhakonam.
- ^ "Subudhendra Tirtha takes charge of Mantralayam math". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
Bibliography
- Sharma, B. N. Krishnamurti (2000). A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition. Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint). ISBN 978-8120815759.
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