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Medieval Hindu religious leaders
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The list Medieval Hindu religious leaders includes
Madhvacharya, Savata Mali, Matsyendranath, Manavala Mamunigal and Vedanta Desika.
The list consists of 41 members
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Madhvacharya
13th century Hindu philosopher who founded Dvaita Vedanta school
Overview: Madhvacharya (Sanskrit: मध्वाचार्य, IAST: Madhvācārya; CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Pūrna Prajña and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and ...Date of birth: 1238Date of death: 1317Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PhilosopherGender: Male
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Savata Mali
Hindu saintOverview: Shri Sant Savata Mali - Hindu Saint born into the (Gardener) Mali community. There is a temple of Shri Sant Savata Mali at Pabal ( ). 0
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Manavala Mamunigal
Hindu theologian
Overview: Manavala Mamunigal (1370–1450) was a Hindu Sri Vaishnava religious leader, who during the 15th century in Tamil Nadu, with the help of his eight disciples helped spread Sri Vaishnavism. The disciples of ...Date of birth: 1370Date of death: 1450Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PhilosopherGender: Male 0
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Matsyendranath
10th century Hindu and Buddhist saint and yogi
Overview: Matsyendra, also known as Matsyendranātha, Macchindranāth, Mīnanātha and Minapa (early 10th century) was a saint and yogi in a number of Buddhist and Hindu traditions. He is traditionally considered the ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: Philosopher 0
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Adi Shankara
8th-century Indian Hindu philosopher and theologian
Overview: Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कराचार्यः IAST: Ādi Śaṅkarācāryaḥ ) was an Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. Although he is credited by some with ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: PhilosopherGender: Male 0
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Haridasa Thakur
Indian saintOverview: Haridasa Thakur (IAST ) (born 1451 or 1450) was a prominent Muslim-Vaishnava saint, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of the Hare Krishna movement. He is considered to be the most famous ... 0
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Bhagat Pipa
Vaishnava Bhakti poet-saint of Ramanandi Tradition
Overview: Bhagat Pipa, also known as Pratap Singh Raja Pipaji, Rao Pipa, Sardar Pipa, Sant Pipaji, Pipa Bairagi or Pipanand Acharya, was a Rajput King of Gagaraungarh who abdicated the throne to become a Hindu mystic ...Occupation: Philosopher 0
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Vedanta Desika
Indian philosopher, polymath, and Vaishnava guru
Overview: Sri Vedanta Desikan (Swami Desika, Swami Vedanta Desika, Thoopul Nigamaantha Desikan) (1268–1369) was an Indian philosopher, Sri Vaishnava guru, and one of the most brilliant stalwarts of Sri Vaishnavism ...Date of birth: 1269Date of death: 1370Age: 100 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Philosopher 0
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Guru Jambheshwar
Founder of Bishnoi Vaishnava tradition
Overview: Shri Guru Jambheshwar, also known as Guru Jamboji, (1451–1536) was the founder of the Bishnoi Panth. He taught that God is a divine power that is everywhere. He also taught to protect plants and animals ... 0
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Ramanuja
12th-century Indian Hindu philosopher
Overview: Ramanuja or Ramanujacharya (c. 1017–1137 CE; IAST: Rāmānujā; ) was an Indian philosopher, Hindu theologian, social reformer, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within ...Date of birth: 1017Date of death: 1137Age: 119 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Philosopher 0
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Dnyaneshwar
13th century marathi Sant
Overview: Sant Dnyaneshwar, also referred to as Jnaneshwar, Jnanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (27 August 1275– 1 december 1296) was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher ...Date of birth: 1275Date of death: 1296Age: 20 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PhilosopherGender: Male 0
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Ravidas
13th-century Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement
Overview: Ravidas was a mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement of Sri Hari and his incarnations like Rama, Krishna such as Namdev, Meerabai and founder of Ravidassia sect during the 15th to 16th century CE. Ve ...Date of death: 1520Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Overview: Thirunaraiyur Nambiyandar Nambi was an eleventh-century Shaiva scholar of Tamil Nadu in South India who compiled the hymns of Sampantar, Appar and Sundarar and was himself one of the authors of the eleventh ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Karmamela
Marathi poetOverview: Sant Karmamela was a fourteenth-century poet saint from Maharashtra. He was a son of Chokhamela and Soyarabai who belonged Mahar caste. In his Abhangs he accused God for forgetting and how his life was ...Occupation: Poet 0
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Narahari Sonar
13th-century Hindu poet-saint of the Varkari sect
Overview: Narahari Sonar or Narhari Sonar (संत नरहरी महाराज) (literally Narahari the goldsmith, a name often used in English sources) is a 13th-century Hindu poet-saint of the Varkari sect and goldsmith (sonar) ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Janabai
Indian poet and saintOverview: Milan Mohanta Janābāi was a Marāthi religious poet in the Hindu tradition in India, who was born likely in the seventh or the eighth decade of the 13th century. She died in 1350.Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Narasimha Saraswati
2nd Avatar of Lord Dattatreya
Overview: Narasimha Saraswati (1378−1459) was an Indian guru of Dattatreya tradition(sampradaya). According to the Shri GuruCharitra, he is the second avatar of Dattatreya in Kali Yuga after Sripada Sri Vallabha ...Occupation: Writer 0
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Jayabaya
King of KediriOverview: Sri Mapanji Jayabaya, Varmesvara or Jayabhaya(Javanese spelled: Ratu Joyoboyo) was Javanese King of the Kediri in East Java from 1135 to 1179 CE.Nationality: IndonesianOccupation: Royalty 0
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Vishnu Tirtha
Scholar of the Dvaita school of Vedanta philosophyOverview: Vishnu Tirtha (Subhaktiman) is a scholar of the Dvaita school of Vedanta philosophy and the founder of the monasteries at Sodhe and Subramanya. He left his home after his parents died to join the order ... 0
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Padmanabha Tirtha
Indian philosopher and Hindu guru
Overview: Padmanabha Tirtha (died 1324) was a Dvaita philosopher, scholar and the disciple of Madhvacharya. Ascending the pontifical seat after Madhva, he served as the primary commentator of his works and in doing ...Date of death: 1324Occupation: Writer 0
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