Illustrated Classics From India Over 86 million copies of over 400 titles sold worldwide! Amar Chitra Katha is a collection of illustrated classics that retell stories from Indian mythology, history, folktale and legend through the fascinating medium of comics. Over 430 stories from all over India have been told in this series that has been endorsed by educationists and recommended by teachers the world over. Through a masterful blend of commentary, dialogue and illustration, Amar Chitra Katha presents complex historical facts and intricate mythology in a format that would appeal to children. They not only entertain, but also provide a fitting introduction to the cultural heritage of India. In a country so vast and varied, the series also serves as a medium for national integration, by introducing young readers to the rich cultural diversity of the country and highlighting the achievements of local heroes. Amar Chitra Katha comics are like family heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation. These timeless illustrated classics are now also available online on www ‘AmarChitraKatha.com. Start your own collection today! No. 579 * Rs 30 INDIA BOOK HOUSE Published and Printed by india Book House Pvt Ltd, Mahalaxmi Chambers, Sth Floor, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026, india.MADHVACHARYA A VAST NUMBER OF DEVOTEES HAD GATHERED AT THE ANCIENT TEMPLE OF ANANTESHWARA /N UDUPI FOR THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL. SUDDENLY — HE SEEMS TO BE POSSESSED, A COASTAL TOWN OF KARNATAKA ‘fi FLAGPOST IN FRONT OF A TEMPLE 1omar chitra katha LORD _VAYU, THE SON OF VISHNU, IS GOING TO_BE BORN IN OUR MIDST VERY SOON FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE VEDIC ONE OF THE DEVOTEES, NARAYANA SHAT, TALKED ES |AS THEY RETURNED TO THEIR VILLAGE, PAJAKAKSH THE VEDIC DHARMA. ONLY LORD VAYU WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW US THE RogE OATH: F HOW FORTUNATE a MUST BE THE 3] FAMILY IN WHICH THE LORD IS LATER, WHEN A SON WAS BORN 70 Yes D., LITTLE DID THEY REALIGE THAT 7 WERE 7 TH DAY, THE BABY’S NAMING CEREMONY WAS HiMADHVACHARYA ONCE WHEN VAASUDEVA WAS BARELY WAIT HERE.(?LL 60} THREE YEARS OLD— OUT AND LOOK WHERE 1S \) | THOUGHT HE FOR HIM. VAASUDEVAS& WAS WITH YOU IN THE KITCHEN, 77m HE WALKED AS FAR AS THE TEMPLE OF ANANTESHWARA BUT THERE WAS NO TRACE OF THE TODO! WHAT SHALL | DO? WHERE SHALL | LOOK FOR HIM@ oo oo Bil a‘amar chitra katha * HE RUBHED INTO THE TEMPLE VAASUDEVA ! © LORD, e HOW DID YOU GET fem, YOU MUST HELP ys HERE ? WHO ME FIND MY WARAYANA BHAT DID NOT TAKE HIM HIMSELF, FATHER, HE | | SBR/OUSLY, TE SHALL WE \ TOOK ME BY THE = 0 HOME HAND AND BROUGHT : ME ALL THE WAY ON ANOTHER OCCASION, TWO YEARS LATER, 4/5 MOTHER TOOK HIM TOA RELIGION (OURSE, VAASUDEVA SAT LISTENING, INTENTLY, SUDDENLY — r EXCUSE ME, SIR. 1 rx DON?T THINK So THAT 1S WHAT WAS ' 7 yeMADHVACHARYA, MY CHILD, YOUR LOVE OF TRUTH AND YOUR COUR- AGE TO STAND UP FOR IT MARK YOU OUT AS A GREAT SOUL. NOT ONLY WAS VAAGUDEVA GIFTED WITH SPIRITUAL INSIGHT BUT HE WAS ENDOWED ig 700. ONE MORNING — HE LOOKS WORRIED. | WONDER WHATIS < TROUBLING HIM. BEEN VERY PATIENT. 2 BUT | CANNOT MAKE HiMB WAIT ANY LONGER. 1 MUST GIVE HIM THE MONEY TODAY. SOMEHOW! ANYHOW f VAASUDEVA, PLEASE TELL YOUR FATHER, LUNCH IS READY, HE STILL HASN ?Tamar chitra katha. AS VAASUDEVA CAME OUT, HE SAW A MAN.| | THE MAN WAS NONE OTHER THAN KAKRA SHETTY, OH! PLEASE WAIT. 17LL BRING YOU THE MONEY. YO! FATHER OWES ME MONEY. | HAVE COME TO A ¢ a a THERE’S FAR MORE HERE THAN | LENT YOUR « Ei/ SIR, FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR PATIENCE,MADHVACHARYA. SOON /7 WAS TIME FOR VAASUDEVA TO BEGIN H/S FORMAL EDUCATION. HE WAS INVESTED WITH THE SACRED THREAD AND SENT 7O THE GURUKULA”™* OF TOTANTILLAYA. L VAASUDEVA WAS GOOD AT HS VED/C STUDIES. BUT TOTANTILLAVA WAS NOT QUITE HAPPY WITH HIM. Ke A EE 7 Se sea tC. q BES += sPenos most oF , HIS TIME PLAYING GAMES, | oar} WRESTLING AND SWIMMING] AT THIS RATE HE WILL HE CALLED VAASUDEVA ASIDE AND SPOKE 70 HIM. YOU SPEND FAR TOO MUCH PARDON ME, SIR. TIME ON PLAY. |’M AFRAID | AM UP-TO-DATE WITH MY YOU ARE NEGLECTING WORK, BESIDES, 1 DON? T YOUR STUDIES. SEE THE USE OF REPEAT- (NG WHAT |?VE HEARD ONCE AND MEMORISED. % ABODE\OF THE TEACHER WHERE THE STUDENTS STAYED AND STUDIEDomar chitra kath TOTANTILLAYA WAS ENRAGED BY VAASUDEVA REPEATED NOT ONLY THOSE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE BOY'S || SUT ALSO MANY SUCCEEDING SHLOKAS. VAIN BOAST. ‘50 AMAZED AND IMPRESSED WAS TOTANTILLAYA THAT HE NEVER AGAIN QUESTIONED VAASUDEVA. THE YEARS ROLLED BY. AS Tis END OF THEIR STAY AT THE GURUKULA DREW NEAR, THE BOYS TALKED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE PLANS, | HAVE DECIDED To. A\ OFFICIATE AT. WHY DON’T WE FIGHT FOR OUR SACRIFICES ONLY IF OUR] | DHARMAP RELIGION SURVIVES THE | [> a ONSLAUGHTS OF HOSTILE -MADHVACHARYA WHY SHOULD WE ay FIGHT, VAASUDEVA, / AT LEAST WHEN THE WORLD ( THAT IS WHAT 1S ILLUSORY? \ THE SCRIP- \ TURES SAY, | KNOW WHAT ILL DO! 1 WILL STUDY THE SCRIPTURES AND FIND OUT THEIR TRUE MEANING. 1S THAT WHAT THE SCRIPTURES REALLY > SAY2 NO, IT COULDN?T BE. AN ASCETIC AND TRY TO LEARN AND EXPLAIN THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURES,amar chitra katha IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED, HE WOULD OFTEN DISAPPEAR FROM HOME FOR HOURS| ATA TIME. — ) VAASUDEVA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ) UNUSUAL CHILD.WHAT “IF HE LEAVES US AND LP DECIDES TO BECOME BREAK HIS MOTHER’S HEART, THAT EVEN/NG— WITH ACHYUTA PRAJNA, | THE ASCETIC. x MY SON, SOME DAY YOU WILL MARRY AND LEAD THE LIFE OF A HOUSEHOLDER. } WHAT HAVE YOU TO DO WITH ASCETICS? | HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MARRY. WOULD LIKE TO RENOUNCE THE WORLD. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR BLESSINGS,MADHVACHARYA VAASUDEVA, YOU ARE . GIVE UP SUCH IDEAS, OUR ONLY SON. HOW VAASUDEVA. OUR CAN YOU LEAVE US | LINEAGE WILL BECOME AND BECOME A EXTINCT IF YOU SANYASI? PROMISE ME_THAT YOU WONT, | HAVE MADE UP IN DUE COURSE WHEN ANOTHER SON MY MIND. | MUST. WAS BORN TO AIS PARENTS — GO. | AM WILLING, x = HOWEVER, TO WAIT YOU MUST NOT STOP TILL ANOTHER Z ME ANY LONGER. ISON 1S BORN a e OFFER ME SO, VAASUDEVA! GO WITH My BLESSINGS. /)‘amar chitra katha. BRAHMAN |S _THE ONLY REALITY. TO ACHYUTA PRAINA'S AMAZEMENT; THE YOUNG DISCIPLE RAIGED MANY SERIOUS AND VALID QUERIES, WHICH HE COULD NOT ANSWER, | SOON AFTER THAT, TWO RENOWNED SCHOLARS CAME TO UDUPI. | WE HAVE COME TO. Y HAVE A. DISPUTATION WITH THE SCHOLARS, YOU ARE WELCOME. | HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON, FOR YOU. | DURING THE DIGAUTATION, PLRNAPRAINA?S SHARP INTELLECT ASTOUNDED THE SCHOLARS. aaa —— 3 axe YOUR OWN TIME.MADHVACHARYA THAT NIGHT — WE HAVE NO ANSWER. é *, WE CAN’T FACE PURNAPRAJNA _ r { THE NEXT MORNING, AS THE ABSEMBLY WAITED FOR THE SCHOLARS TO APPEAR — B THE VISITORS ARE ] NOT DARING TO MEET NOT TO BE b PURNAPRAJNA, 4 THEY HAVE PROBABLY RUN AWAY. THOUGH | STILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO. ACCEPT HIS VIEWS, at dae My SUCCESSOR. YOU WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS | | ANANDATIRTHA.#=amar chitra katha ANANDATIRTHA NOW BEGAN TO EXPOUND THE || IT WAS AROUND ee PERIOD THAT SCRIPTURES TO LARGE AUDIENCES. MADHVACHARYA , AS ANANDATIRTHA Se CAME 70 BE KNOWN, BEGAN WRITING [[ His INTERPRETATIONS WAND CONVINCING S| | fig eaMmous ENTARY ON THE TOO. AFTER HEARING BaGanao GrAMND ean HIM SPEAK , | CAN- NOT BUT BELIEVE GLORY OF THE UPREME BEING, OWA PILGRIMAGE TO SOUTH INDIA, HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WI? SCHOLARS AT VARIOUS CENTRES OF LEARNING LIKE SRIRANGAM AND KANYAKUMAR?| THOUGH MANY OF THEM WERE INITIALLY SCEPTICAL ABOUT HIS THEORIES, THEY ULTMATELY BECAME HIG FOLLOWERS AND ADWRERS, 1x) EAR HIM SPEAK HIS LOGIC IS E 1S AN INTELLECTUAL IMPECCABLE AS SOON AS HE COMPLETED HIG ] AFTER A LONG JOURNEY, MADHVA COMMENTARY ON THE G/TA— REACHED BADE) WITH HIG DISCIPLES, | SHALL GO TO © LORD, ACCEPT >) | BADRI, DEDICATE MY HUMBLE THIS WORK TO LORD OFFERING. BADR! NARAYAN, AND THEN SEEK THE BLESSINGS OF LORD VEDA- %® GITA BHASHYAMADHVACHARYA FASTED AND PRAYED FOR A CALL FROM LORD VEDAVYASA, LEAVING A MESSAGE FOR HIS DISCIPLES, HE STARTED OUT ALONE ON THE | ARDUOUS JOURNEY. “AM GOING AWAY TO MEET SRI VEDAVYASA. WHETHER ) RETURN OR NOT IS LEFT TO HIM. MAY. THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU. FARE- WELL, DEAR DISCIPLES?ond chisn ati SATYATIRTHA, A DISCIPLE WHO COULD 3 ow THE ACHARYA DOWN, HE: ACHARYA 5 BR O MASTER, WHY DIDN?T YOU TAKE ME WITH YOUP SATYATIRTHA RAN BLINDLY, AT LAST — ILL FOLLOW THE MASTER AND CATCH UP WITH HIM, HE COULDN?T HAVE GONE FAR. SATYATIRTHA FOLLOWED HIM WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. TOWARDS EVENING, HE WAS EXHAUSTED, NO, | CAN°T GO A STEP FARTHER, NOR CAN | RETURN. |_AM LOST.MADHVACHARYA AT THAT MOMENT, THE ACHARYA HAPPENED TO LOOK BACK.HE SAW POOR SATYATIRIHA STRUGGLING FAR AWAY, 70 FOLLOW Hib. SATYATIRTHA FELT HIMBELF BEING L/FTEL 8Y A POWERFUL GUST GF WIND LOOK!IT?S SATYATIRTHA!amar chitra katha. MONTHS PASSED. MADHVACHARYA WHO RECEIVED INSTRUCTION FROM VEDAVYASA DID NOT WANT 70 GO BACK TO THE WORLD HE HAD LEFT BEHIND, BUT— YOUR WORK THERE AWAITS YOU—NEEDS: AS YOU eS AS =3 MADHVACHARYA THEN SET OUT ON HIG RETURN JOURNEY 7O UDUPI. ON THE WAY HE HELD PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES WITH LEARNED SCHOLARS, THE WORLD IS NOT IT 1S NOT ILLUSORY, REAL. IT IS < SWAMI SHASTRI.GOD BEING ILLUSORY- / REAL, HIS CREATION MUST AFTER A PROLONGED DEBATE,MADHVA WON) OVER SWAM/ SHASTR/ AG HIS DISCIPLE AND 4 GAVE HIM A NEW NAME —NARAHARI TIRTHA. He RECEIVED FROM VEDAVYABA EIGHT HANL ¥ THE SACRED SOIL OF UTTAA 4 (DFULS OF * APHORIGMS COMPOSED BY VEDAVYASA¥ MADHVACHARYA a AT PRATISHTHANA , HE MET GHOBANA BHAT, A RENOWNED SCHOLAR. TO ACHIEVE SALVATION, NO. WHAT IS TO BE ONE MUST RENOUNCE ACTION.)}|GIVEN UP IS THE DESIRE IT IS ACTION THAT BRINGS FOR THE FRUITS OF ABOUT THE CYCLE OF ACTION. NOT ACTION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS. THE DEBATE LASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS./N THE END,SHOBANA BHAT *® ACCEPTED MADHVA AS HIG SPIRITUAL GUIDE. EST CONQUEST WAS HIG OWN MASTER — ACHYUTA PRAINA—AT BOY maDuva, AFTER STUDYING : YOUR WORKS AND LISTENING | AT UDUP), MADHVA USED TO GO TO THE SEA- | SHORE EVERY MORNING , TO MEDI/TATE.ONE DAY A CARGO BOAT FROM DWARAKA WAS BEING _|k MERCILEGSLY TOSSED ABOUT ON THE TURBULENT [ as We i | % MADHVACHARYA CONFERRED ON ih A NEW NAME — PADMANABHA TIRTHA. 19G7 THE ae Jalhpee ee SHIPLIT!S =F anne, 21 04,600! It > “ LOOK! THERE'S A SAINT ON SHORE!REVERED SIR,WEARE 5 WHAT USE ARE FROM DWARAKA. YOU THESE GIFTS THESE GIFTS AND _ BLESS US. ACCEPT SOME GOPICHANDAN * THE CAPTAIN WENT AND BROUGHT A HUGE BLOCK OF GOPICHANDAN, WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED IN THE VESSEL AS BALLAST. J youmAY PROCEED WITH YOUR JOURNEY, GOD BE WIT! SHVARA TEMPLE, MADHVACHARYA CARRIED THE GOPICHANDAN SINGING Ei GLORY OF GOD ALL THE WHILE® = || > CLOD OF EARTH, YELLOWISH iN caldue, FROM DWARAKA i DVADASHA STOTRA___amar chitra katha = THE NEXT MOMENT, A BEAUTIFUL IDOL OF KRISHNA ROSE TO THE SURFACE, 5 a =o ++» AND LOVINGLY CARRIED IT INTO HIS:MADHVACHARYA MADAVACHARYA, WHO DID NOT UPHOLD VIOLENCE , WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF KILLING ANIMALS AT THE TIME OF RITUAL SACRIFICES. E IS PREPARED TO_USE IMAGES.THEY SOME ONE SHOULD TAKE THE} LEAD. WHY DON’T] THERE IS NO NEED CONTINUE TO KILL TO KILL LIVE ANIMALS. ANIMALS. IMAGES MADE OF FLOUR = — COULD BE USED, INSTEAD. e e 9 STOP IT AT ONCE! THIS PRACTICE IS AGAINST THE SCRIPTURES. YOU ARE MISTAKEN. | AM ONLY REVIVING AN OLD CUSTOM WHICH.HAS 9 THE SANCTION OF THE SCRIPTURES, MOREOVER, NO PRACTICE WHICH UPHOLDS THE SANCTITY OF LIFE COULD’ BE AGAINST THE Ry SCRIPTURES. £ =THE ORTHODOX BRAHMANS HAD TO WITHDRAW. LATER, MORE AND MORE BRAHMANS| FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE GET 8Y MADHVACHARYA'S BROTHER. THOUGH KNOWN MAINLY FOR HIS POWERFUL.INTELLECT, THE ACHARYA WAG ALGO FAMED FOR HIG IMMENSE PHYSICAL STRENGTH, ONCE, TWO WRESTLERS CAME 70 HIM. WE, COME | AM WILLING \ SSS | WHAT FURTHER y. TO CHAL- \ TO TAKE UP THE PROOF DO. po F oumay | LENGE.YOU |CHALLENGE. BUT ff) HAVE STRENGTH y TO LIFT A LIFE-| f LESS PILLAR. TO MEET || MUST FIRST SEE US IN A IF YOU ARE F BUT THE TEST J | PROPOSE IS , OF A DIFFERENT y al STRENGTH BEFORE, LOOK,! WILY LIFT THAT PILLAR,T WILL RECITE THE \ NAME OF THE LORD. | SHALL ACCEPT DE- FEAT, IF YOU CAN STRANGLE ME INTO r SILENCE. | THINK BOTH OF US SHOULD TRY TOGETHER, / q ‘BUT THE SECOND WRESTLER TOO TRIED IN VAIN. VISHNAVE ) NAMAH!omar chitra katha MASTER ,WE BEG YOUR PARDON FOR OUR INSOLENCE. WHAT?S THE SECRET OF YOUR STRENGTH ? TO LORD VISHNU. x THAT IS NOT NECES- SARY. WHAT IS NEEDED iS A NEW AWARENESS OF] \ THE PRESENCE OF THE A OMNIPOTENT VISHNU. ALL | DS oFFeRINss ULTIMATELY YOUR VISHNU MUST \ WE WILL ST0p| BE POWERFUL.WE WILL ) WORSHIPPING| WORSHIP ONLY HIM, > REACH HIM ALONE, 70 SPREAD HIS MESSAGE OF SELFLESS ACTION AND LOVING DEVOTION TO GOD, MADHYA UNDERTOOK A TOUR OF NORTH INDIA AGAIN. ON THE WAY— ‘ fy oe A @ if. ALL THAT YOU ANNE : ci: HAVE.MADHVACHARYA MADHVACHARYA ROLLED UP ONE OF |\++-AND THREW TIN THEIR MIDST, | . MIG ROBES ++ LEAVING THEM TO FIGHT IT OUT, THE ACHARYA AND HS DISCIPLES MOVED ON.MASTER, SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE WRONG HERE. WHY |S THE PLACE DESERTED? WHY ARE THE BOATS IDLE? LET’S QUESTION THE BOATMAN. THEY WALKED UP 70 Hi — YOU'D BETTER GO BACK, SIRS. WE DARE NOT: TAKE ANYONE ACROSS ! THE SULTAN’S ORDERS! HE’S CAMPING ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH HIS ARMY. THOUGHTS. WHAT! HAVE WE COME ALL THIS WAY FOR NOTHING? THIS MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK WITHOUTMADHVACHARYA, 1 WILL TAKE YOU ACROSS: THE RIVER.FORM A SINGLE FILE AND HOLD ON TO THE WAIST CLOTH OF THE ONE JN FRONT OF YOU. THE NEXT MOMENT, THE SULTAN?S MEN ON THE OTHER BANK WERE SHOCKED 70 SEE A ROW OF HINDU MONKS, TV] Hey! Loox es INFIDELS! 2 GO BACK, BEFORE WE MAKE MINCE- /f WE HAVE COME TO MEAT OF YOU. SEE YOUR RULER, BE QUIET, BEHAVE URSELVES AND TAKE US TO HIM.—l WHAT DIGNITY! HE GLOWS WITH SPIRITUAL INSIGHT. WHAT COULD HE WANT HERE? Oo. WHO ARE YOU? WHAT 'S IT THAT EMBOLDENS YOU TO CROSS THE RIVER, WHEN ROSTIEMIES) TO THE AMAZEMENT AND DELIGHT OF THE SULTAN, THE ACHARYA REPL JED iN | AM HERE ON MY LIFE'S ° MISSION WHICH IS TO SPREAD TRUE FAITH IN futons THE ONE SUPREME [| BEING WHO |S THE RULER OF THE cconos i = WHOM ALL MEN SHOULD WORSHIP BY ITI | BEG YOUR PARDON FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ‘| CAUSED TO YOU. YOU MAY PRO: CEED WITH YOUR JOURNEY HROUGH MY TERRITORY. NO ONE WILL HARMMADHVACHARYA AFTER WINNING MANY FOLLOWERS IN PLACES LIKE KASHI, GAYA AND PURI; (A TO THE SOUTH. AT KUDIL¥ HE WAS RECEIVED BY ALARGE 7 r = . EXCUSE ME, | THINK YOU ARE WHEN MADHVA BEGAN HIS EXPOSITION. = ar) WRONG! AND | CAN/ ' a CAN DEFEAT MADHVA IN DISPUTATION IT IS TRIVIKRAMA PANDITA. Sfomar chitra katha THE SCHOLARS HEARD THE DISPUTATION WITH RAPT ATTENTION. NEITHER ACTION NOR DEVOTION |S THE PATHWAY TO SALVATION. WHEN ONE REALISES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SELF AND THE SUPREME SELF_ARE ONE’AND THE SAME , THAT VERY MOMENT SALVATION 1S ACHIEVED. THE GREATEST DEBATE OF THE TIME / REALITY. INDIVIDUALS ARE INT ON GOD, INDIVIDUALS CAN ATTAIN SALVATION ONLY THROUGH LOVING DEVOTION | CONTINUED FOR FIFTEEN DAYS. [ | GOD !S THE INDEPENDENT SAL TOO BUT ARE DEPEND- \ TO GOD AND BY HIS W COULD THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, BLISSFUL , SUPREME SELF BE THE SAME AS INDIVIDUAL SELVES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO IGNORANCE, AND ITS CONSE- ~_ GUENCES? MASTER, YOU'VE OPENED MY EYES. ACCEPT ME AS YOUR DISCIPLE. EVEN TOTHIS DAY ARE MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS OF MADHVA ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,Illustrated Classics From India Madhvacharya Madhvacharya taught men to look upon the world of matter and souls as real instead of as illusory and unreal in a philosophical sense, He therefore put forward a fresh ontological classification of reality into two orders, Svatantra and Paratantra - independent and dependent. God alone is the one independent reality. Hence the name Dvaita (dualism) given to his system. Madhva freed the concept of Bhakti from the clutches of blind faith and placed it in its right perspective as informed faith in, and love of God, both based on a right understanding of his glory. He also rescued it from the pitfalls of sentimentalism, eroticism and other maladies. Madhva lived a robust life of 79 years. He was a prolific writer in Sanskrit prose and verse. He wrote thirty-nine works which are collectively known as Sarvamula. These include commentaries on Rig Veda, Upanishads, Gita, Brahmasutras, Mahabharata, Bhagawat and critical works on logic and metaphysics, rituals and sadachara {right conduct ). He also wrote a number of devotional hymns. The Chaitanya Sampradaya of Bengal is deeply indebted to Madhva’s philosophy in many respects. it includes in its guruparampara Madhva and his successors, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha. The followers of Madhva are found in Karn ‘mil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Madhva's system has made @ massive contribution to Indian Philosophy through the writings of great commentators such as Jayatirtha, Vyasatirtha, Raghuthama, Vadiraja and Raghavendra, to mention only a few. The Haridasas of Karnataka, owing allegiance to Madhva philosophy, such as Purandara Dasa, Kanaka Dasa and Jagannatha Dasa have made equally significant contributions to Kannada religious literature. Editor: Anant Pai r. B.N.K. Sharma Illustrations: H.S. Chavan Cover: C.M. 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