Skip to content
AC

Topic

Vidyaranya Madhavacarya Identity

3 articles on Vidyaranya Madhavacarya Identity from The Indian Historical Quarterly, published 1930–1934. Each entry has a summary of the article; open it for the full summary, citation and original PDF.

3 articles1930–19341 journal
The Indian Historical Quarterly · 3

Articles on Vidyaranya Madhavacarya Identity

  1. Identity of Vidyaranya and Madhavacarya

    By R. Rama Rao · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934

    The article addresses a historical puzzle concerning whether Vidyaranya, the renowned Sankaracarya of the fourteenth century and supposed spiritual founder of Vijayanagara, was identical with the Madhava who served as minister under King Bukka. Some scholars…

  2. Identity of Vidyaranya and Madhavacarya

    By K. Markandeya Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

    Addressing a debate raised in an earlier issue of this journal, the author defends the view that the celebrated Vedāntin Madhavācārya and the statesman‑scholar Vidyāraṇya are the same person. Critics had argued that Madhava was only a householder who later…

  3. Vidyaranya and Madhavacarya

    By R. Rama Rao · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

    Vidyaranya and Madhavacarya are often conflated in historical and literary traditions, but critical analysis of inscriptions, literary works, and epigraphic evidence demonstrates they were distinct figures. Vidyaranya, a prominent 14th-century scholar and…