Vedanta Desika

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Vedanta Desika was a prominent 13th–14th century Sri Vaishnava philosopher, poet, and theologian renowned for his rigorous defense and exposition of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vedanta Desika canonical 5
Swami Desikan 1
Vedanta Desikan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosopher ⓘ
Sri Vaishnava acharya ⓘ
Vishishtadvaita Vedanta philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alternativeName Nigamantha Mahadesikan ⓘ
Swami Desikan ⓘ
linked to: Vedanta Desika

Vedanta Desikan ⓘ
linked to: Vedanta Desika
associatedWithPlace Kanchipuram ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ
birthName Venkatanatha ⓘ
birthPlace Tiruchchinnur (Tiruvenkatapuram), near Kanchipuram ⓘ
linked to: Tiruchanur
century 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
country India ⓘ
deathPlace Srirangam ⓘ
devotionalFocus Garuda ⓘ
Hayagriva ⓘ
Sri (Lakshmi) ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
guru Kidambi Appullar ⓘ
hasMemorial Desika shrine at Kanchipuram Varadaraja Temple ⓘ
Desika shrine at Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple ⓘ
honorificTitle Kavitarkika Simha ⓘ
Sarvatantra Svatantra ⓘ
influenced later Sri Vaishnava acharyas ⓘ
influencedBy Ramanuja ⓘ
linked to: Ramanujacharya

Yamunacharya ⓘ
knownFor Sri Vaishnava theology ⓘ
defense and exposition of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta ⓘ
devotional poetry ⓘ
philosophical commentaries ⓘ
language Manipravalam ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
name Vedanta Desika ⓘ
philosophicalFocus defense of qualified non-dualism ⓘ
refutation of Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Vishishtadvaita ⓘ
region Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTradition codifier of ritual and theological practices ⓘ
systematizer of Sri Vaishnava doctrine ⓘ
tradition Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
veneratedAs acharya in Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava tradition ⓘ
wrote Abhita Stava ⓘ
Achyuta Shatakam ⓘ
Adhikarana Saravali ⓘ
Bhagavad Dhyana Sopana ⓘ
Dayashatakam ⓘ
Garuda Dandakam ⓘ
Godha Stuti ⓘ
Gopalavimsati ⓘ
Hamsa Sandesha ⓘ
linked to: Hamsa-dūta

Hayagriva Stotram ⓘ
Nyaya Parisuddhi ⓘ
Nyaya Siddhanjana ⓘ
Paduka Sahasram ⓘ
Panniru Tirumozhi (commentarial and Tamil works collectively) ⓘ
Paramapada Sopana ⓘ
Rahasyatrayasara ⓘ
linked to: Tattva Trayam

Sankalpa Suryodaya ⓘ
Shata Dushani ⓘ
Sri Stuti ⓘ
Srimad Rahasyatrayasara ⓘ
Tattva Mukta Kalapa ⓘ
Yatiraja Saptati ⓘ
wroteCommentaryOn Gita Bhashya tradition ⓘ
Ramanuja’s Sri Bhashya (sub-commentarial works) ⓘ
linked to: Sri Bhashya

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Vaishnavism → keyAcharya → Vedanta Desika ⓘ
Manavala Mamunigal → reveres → Vedanta Desika ⓘ
Vadakalai → honorsAcharya → Vedanta Desika ⓘ
Vadakalai → associatedAcharya → Vedanta Desika ⓘ
Vedanta Desika → name → Vedanta Desika ⓘ
Vedanta Desika → alternativeName → Vedanta Desikan ⓘ
linked to: Vedanta Desika
Vedanta Desika → alternativeName → Swami Desikan ⓘ
linked to: Vedanta Desika