Vedanta Desika

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Vedanta Desika (c. 1269–1370), also rendered Vedanta Desikan, Swami Vedanta Desika, and Thoopul Nigamantha Desikan, was an Indian polymath who wrote philosophical as well as religious and poetical works in several languages, including Sanskrit, Manipravaḷam (a Sanskritised form of literary Tamil), Tamil and Prakrit. He was an Indian philosopher, Sri Vaishnava guru, and one of the most brilliant stalwarts of Sri Vaishnavism in the post-Ramanuja period. He was a Hindu devotee, poet, Master of Acharyas (desikan) and a logician and mathematician. He was the disciple of Kidambi Appullar, also known as Athreya Ramanujachariar, whose lineage can be traced to Ramanuja. Vedanta Desika is considered an avatar (incarnation) of the divine bell of Venkateshvara of Tirumala. He is revered as an the most important guru of the Vadakalai sect of Sri Vaishnavism. He belongs to Vishvamitra/Kaushika gotra.

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