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MADHAVA ACHARYA (fl. c. 1380)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 284 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MADHAVA ACHARYA (fl. c. 1380)  , See also:

Hindu statesman and philosopher, lived at the See also:court of See also:Vijayanagar (the See also:modern Humpi in the See also:district of See also:Bellary), the vigorous See also:Southern Hindu See also:kingdom that so See also:long withstood See also:Mahommedan See also:influence and aggression . His younger See also:brother Sayana (d . 1387) was associated with him in the See also:administration and was a famous commentator on the Rigveda . Sayana's commentaries were influenced by and dedicated to Madhava, who is best known as the author of the Sarvadarsana Samgraha (Compendium of Speculations) . With remarkable See also:mental detachment he places himself in the position of an adherent of sixteen distinct systems . Madhava also wrote a commentary on the Mimarpsa Sutras . He died as See also:abbot of the monastery of Sringeri .

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