Ramanuja

Also known as Śrī Ramanujacharya, Udayavar, Ethirajar, Yatiraja, Emberumannar, Lakshmana Muni

Ramanuja ('; Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmānuja; 1077 – 1157, trad. date 1017-1137), also known as Ramanujacharya''', was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and social reformer. He is one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition in Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotional practice were influential in the Bhakti movement.

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Ramanuja (1077-1157) was an influential Indian Hindu philosopher and guru who became one of the most important leaders of Sri Vaishnavism, a major tradition within Hinduism centered on devotion to Vishnu. His philosophical ideas about devotional practice significantly shaped the Bhakti movement, a broader religious movement emphasizing personal devotion to God that spread across India.

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Born: 1017
Died: 1137
Works: 80

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Śrīmadbhagavadgītābhāṣyam
Vedārtha-Saṁgraha
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Hindu leader.birth_place: Sriperumbudur, Chola Empire (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Hindu leader.birth_name: ''''
Hindu leader.death_date: (trad. date 1137)
Hindu leader.death_place: Srirangam, Chola Empire (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Hindu leader.sect: Sri Vaishnavism
Hindu leader.philosophy: Vishishtadvaita
Hindu leader.guru: Yadava Prakasa
Hindu leader.honors: Emperumānār, Udaiyavar, Yatirāja (king of sannyasis)
Hindu leader.literary_works: Traditionally 9 Sanskrit texts, including Vedarthasamgraha, Sri Bhashya, Gita Bhashya
Hindu leader.caption: Painting of Ramanuja
Hindu leader.influenced: Ramananda
Hindu leader.movement: Bhakti
Hindu leader.name: Ramanuja
Hindu leader.image: File:Ramanuja1920s.jpg
Hindu leader.religion: Hinduism
Hindu leader.birth_date: 1077 (trad. date 1017)

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Sriperumbudur
Place of death: Srirangam
Occupation: poet
Languages spoken: Tamil
Religion: Hinduism
Image: Statue Of Equality Samatha Murthy.jpg

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Commons category: Ramanujacharya
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
subject has role: centenarian
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writing language: Telugu
date of birth: 1017-01-01
date of death: 1137-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

27 sections

Contents

Early life
Career
Hagiographies
Historical background
Early life
Induction into Vaishnavism
Persecution
Reformation
Attempts on Ramanuja's life
Writings
Philosophy
Rāmānuja’s Epistemology
Ramanuja’s Ontology
Rāmānuja’s Soteriology
Ramanuja's Ethics
Criticism of Sankara
Hermeneutic Criticism
Vedas as Doctrinally Unified Corpus
Comparison with other Vedānta schools
Influence
Names
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

Ramanuja's guru was Yādava Prakāśa, a scholar who, traditionally, is said to have belonged to the Advaita Vedānta tradition, but probably was a Bhedabheda scholar. Sri Vaishnava tradition holds that Ramanuja disagreed with his guru and the non-dualistic Advaita Vedānta, and instead followed in the footsteps of Tamil Alvārs tradition, the scholars Nāthamuni and Yamunāchārya. Ramanuja is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita school of Vedānta, and his disciples were likely authors of texts such as the Shatyayaniya Upanishad. Ramanuja himself wrote influential texts, such as Sanskrit bhāsyas on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita.

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