Sri Madhvacarya: His Life, Religion & Philosophy

'Bhakti Schools of Vedanta', of which this volume is a part, is a work intended to bring to the notice of the general reader that it is not correct to equate Vedanta exclusively with Advaita Vedanta, associated with Sri Sankaracarya. There are several other Acaryas who have expounded the Vedanta in quite a different way and whose status as teachers of Vedanta requires recognition. The personages treated in the above book are AsrA RA mA nuja, AsrA NimbA rka, AsrA Vallabha, AsrA Madhva and AsrA Caitanya. Besides their theo-philosophies, detailed accounts of their lives are given. For it is the support of their lives that gives more authority to their teachings than the philosophical writings of mere armchair philosophers. The frame-work of their lives is mainly historical, but most of the miraculous and extraordinary incidents mentioned in them may largely be projections of the pious imaginations of their followers.