HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Shankaracharya
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Ramanujacharya
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Vallabhacharya
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Nimbarkacharya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pushtimarg ( lit. ‘the Path of Nourishing, Flourishing’), also known as Pushtimarg sampradaya or Vallabha sampradaya, is a subtradition of the Rudra Sampradaya (Vaishnavism). It was founded in the early 16th century by Vallabhacharya (1479–1531) and is focused on Krishna.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vallabhacharya is most famous for propounding the Shuddhadvaita Vedanta philosophy, which emphasises the unity of God and the universe. He also wrote several famous works, including the Brahma-Sutras-Bhasya, the Anubhashya and the Gita-Bhasya.
Detailed explanation-3: -Its followers are called Vaishnavites or Vaishnavas (IAST: Vaiṣṇava), and it includes sub-sects like Krishnaism and Ramaism, which consider Krishna and Rama as the supreme beings respectively.