Ramanujacharya

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Ramanujacharya was an influential 11th–12th century Indian philosopher and theologian who systematized the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) school of Vedanta and shaped Sri Vaishnavism.

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instanceOf Hindu religious leader ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
Sri Vaishnava acharya ⓘ
Vedanta philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Kanchipuram ⓘ
Srirangam ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam ⓘ
linked to: Srirangam

Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ
birthDate c. 1017 ⓘ
birthPlace India ⓘ
Sriperumbudur ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
centuryActive 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
commentaryOn Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Brahma Sutras ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
coreDoctrine Vishnu as supreme personal God ⓘ
bhakti as primary means to liberation ⓘ
grace of God as essential for moksha ⓘ
souls and matter as real but dependent on God ⓘ
deathDate c. 1137 ⓘ
fullName Ramanuja ⓘ
linked to: Ramanujacharya
honorificTitle Acharya ⓘ
influenced Sri Vaishnava tradition ⓘ
later Bhakti movements in South India ⓘ
theology of personal theism in Hinduism ⓘ
knownFor devotional theism centered on Vishnu ⓘ
shaping Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
systematizing Vishishtadvaita Vedanta ⓘ
theology of qualified non-dualism ⓘ
languageOfWorks Sanskrit ⓘ
legacy major classical exponent of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta ⓘ
majorWork Gadya Traya ⓘ
linked to: Nitya Grantha

Gita Bhashya ⓘ
Nitya Grantha ⓘ
Sri Bhashya ⓘ
Vedartha Sangraha ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Advaita Vedanta of Shankara ⓘ
linked to: Advaita Vedanta
philosophicalSchool Vedanta ⓘ
Vishishtadvaita ⓘ
promotedPractice prapatti (total surrender to God) ⓘ
temple-based devotional worship ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousTradition Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
linked to: Vaishnavism
socialContribution emphasized spiritual equality of devotees ⓘ
teacherOf Embar ⓘ
Koorathazhwan ⓘ
Mudaliyandan ⓘ
veneratedAs acharya in Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
saint in Vaishnavism ⓘ

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