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{{short description|Professor of Philosophy, Writer, Gandhian and Editor of Gandhi's works (1890–1970)}}
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| name = M. Yamunacharya
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| pseudonym = ''M. Yamunacharya''
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| alt = M. Yamunacharya (1940s)
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|09|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|01|4|1889|09|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mysore]], India
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| alma_mater = [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharaja College]], Mysore
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* Philosophy Professor
* Teacher
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* Translator
* Editor
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| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Sanskrit]], [[English language|English]]
| nationality = Indian
| period = 1930–70
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| notableworks = ''Vishistadvaita Darshana, Ramanuja's Teachings in his own words, Alwarugalu, Acharya Ramanujaru, Paschatya Rajakeeya Tatwagalu''
| spouse = Rajamma
| children = 8 Children
| relatives = Alkondavalli Govindacharya Swamy, Natakashiromani A. V. Varadachar
| awards = Karnataka Rajyotsava Award (in Education) – 1969
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'''Mettupatti Yamunacharya''' (30 September 1889 – 4 January 1970) was a Writer, Editor, Translator, [[Gandhians|Gandhian]] and a Professor of Philosophy at [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharaja College, Mysore]].,<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" >{{cite web |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M |title=Biography of M. Yamunacharya |url=https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/featured-biography/myamunacharya |website=Dr.S.Srikanta Sastri Official Website |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ">{{cite web |title=About UOM: UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE – ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ |url=https://uni-mysore.ac.in/english-version/dept_category.php?dept_id=88&cat_id=61 |website=uni-mysore.ac.in |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He edited [[Kannada]] translations of all of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi's]] works spanning nearly 10,000 pages across eight volumes.<ref name="Deccan Herald - S. L. Bhyrappa" /><ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" /><ref name="Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature" /> He was an authority on the 10th-century saint [[Ramanuja|Ramunajacharya]] and the Hindu Philosophical school of [[Vishishtadvaita|Vishistadvaita]].<ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma">{{cite web |title=ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ |url=https://www.bookbrahma.com/author/m-yamunacharya |website=www.bookbrahma.com |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> M. Yamunacharya was awarded the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Karnataka Rajyotsava Award]] (in Education) for his work "''Vishistadvaita Darshana''" in 1969.<ref name="List of Rajyotsava Award recipients (1966–1970)">{{cite web |title=List of Rajyotsava Award recipients (1966–1970) |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rajyotsava_Award_recipients_(1966%E2%80%931970) |website=Wikipedia |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=en |date=13 February 2025}}</ref> Noted Kannada Novelist and Philosopher [[S. L. Bhyrappa]] had his tutelage under M. Yamunacharya at [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharaja College]], Mysore, in [[Philosophy]].<ref name="Deccan Herald - S. L. Bhyrappa">{{cite web |title=Philosophy, literature go hand in hand, says Bhyrappa |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/philosophy-literature-go-hand-hand-1925942 |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar|Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar]] sought and later acknowledged M. Yamunacharya's valuable contributions in bringing forth his book "''Dattatreya: The Way and The Goal''".<ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa">{{cite web |title=ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ |url=https://www.sallapa.com/2020/09/blog-post_14.html |website=www.sallapa.com |access-date=6 October 2025 |language=kn}}</ref> Yamunacharya's works on Ramanujacharya and ''Tarka'' (Logic) are seminal in Indian Philosophy.<ref name="M. Hiriyanna - Biography" /> He was a student of [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], [[M. Hiriyanna]], A. R. Wadia and [[K. T. Shah]] at [[University of Mysore]] between 1921 – 23.<ref name=":0" />

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== Origins ==
M. Yamunacharya was born on 30 September 1889 in [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]] to parents Narayana Iyengar and Manikyamma.<ref name="Pranamapushpam">{{cite book |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M |title=Pranamapushpam |publisher=University of Mysore |edition=Book released on 23 January 2013 on the occasion of "One Day National Seminar on Contributions of Prof. M. Yamunacharya to Philosophy" arranged at the Dept. of Philosophy}}</ref><ref name="Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature">{{cite book |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M |title="Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature |date=9 October 2025 |publisher=Prof M. Yamunacharya Memorial Trust, Bengaluru |page=16 |edition=First}}</ref> His grandfather Alkondavalli Govindacharya Swamy held the post of Executive Engineer in the erstwhile Mysore State under [[K. Seshadri Iyer|Dewan Seshadri Iyer]] and was a contemporary of A. R. Wadia, [[M. Hiriyanna]], [[K. T. Shah]] and [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] at the nascent [[University of Mysore]].<ref name="Hundred years of Mysore Varsity Philosophy Dept.">{{cite news |title=Hundred years of Mysore Varsity Philosophy Dept. |url=https://starofmysore.com/hundred-years-of-mysore-varsity-philosophy-dept/ |work=Star of Mysore |agency=Newspaper |date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Philosophy Department of Mysore varsity completes 100 years">{{cite news |title=Philosophy Department of Mysore varsity completes 100 years |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/philosophy-department-of-mysore-varsity-completes-100-years/article23316126.ece |work=The Hindu |agency=Newspaper |date=21 March 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The family were ardent followers of Saint Ramanujacharya and the Hindu Philosophical school of ''Vishistadvaita'' and hailed from Mettupatti, near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu|Tamilnadu]].<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /><ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa" />

== Education ==
[[File:M. Hiriyanna with A. R. Wadia & S. Radhakrishnan.jpg|thumb|left| Farewell from Maharaja College, Mysore for S. Radhakrishnan (also seen are M. Hiriyanna and K. T. Shah)]]
M. Yamunacharya had his early schooling at [[Marimallappa High School]], Mysore, under prominent educationist, social reformer and philanthropist [[M. Venkatakrishnaiah]] (known also as ''Mysore Thathayya'').<ref name="Mysore Thathayya">{{cite web |last1=Venkatakrishnaiah |first1=M |title=Mysore Thathayya Website |url=https://www.mysorethathayya.org/ |website=www.mysorethathayya.org |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> He completed his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Philosophy]] under the tutelage of [[M. Hiriyanna]], [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], A. R. Wadia and [[K. T. Shah]] at [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharaja College, Mysore]] in 1923.<ref name="M. Hiriyanna - Biography">{{cite web |last1=Hiriyanna |first1=M |title=Biography of M. Hiriyanna |url=https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/mhiriyanna |website=Official Website of Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Late Professor M. Hiriyanna - BORI">{{cite web |last1=Hariyappa |first1=H. L. |title=The Late Professor M. Hiriyanna |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44028438 |website=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |access-date=10 October 2025 |pages=335–336 |date=1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Unalloyed Erudition of M. Hiriyanna {{!}} Prekshaa |url=https://www.prekshaa.in/unalloyed-erudition-m-hiriyanna |website=www.prekshaa.in |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Teachers' Day Today: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan came to Mysuru 100 years ago |url=https://starofmysore.com/teachers-day-today-dr-s-radhakrishnan-came-to-mysuru-100-years-ago/ |website=Star of Mysore |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ಪ್ರಾಥಃಸ್ಮರಣೀಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ, ಮೈಸೂರು ತಾತಯ್ಯ |url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/literature/my-karnataka/2009/0904-mysore-thathayya-teachers-day-tributes.html |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=kn |date=4 September 2009}}</ref>

== Academician ==
[[File:Maharaja College, Mysore Group Photo with M. Yamunacharya, Purushottam and K. A. Nilakanta Sastri.png|thumb|right| Maharaja College Mysore Group Photo (1946): Sitting on chairs (L-R): ?, ?, ?, M. Yamunacharya, Purushottam, [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]], ?, ?, ?, ?, ?]]
M. Yamunacharya began his teaching career at Collegiate High School, [[Tumkur]].<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /> From here, he was transferred to Intermediate College, Hassan, as Principal.<ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" /> After this, he spent nearly a decade teaching ''Tarka'' (English: Logic) in Indian Philosophy at Bangalore.<ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa" /> He was transferred to Mysore in 1951 and continued teaching Philosophy at Maharaja College till his retirement in 1956. M. Yamunacharya helped many scholars and doctoral students with their research. Prominent among these were [[S. L. Bhyrappa]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering SL Bhyrappa: University of Mysore Days Revisited |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mysuru/a-batchmate-from-university-of-mysore-revisits-bhyrappas-student-life-3743885 |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> and the American author John. C. Plott,<ref name="John. C. Plott - Biography">{{cite web |title=John. C. Plott – Biography |url=https://www.sckans.edu/~gray/plott02.html |website=www.sckans.edu |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> who sought help for his PhD on Ramanujacharya.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plott |first1=John C. |last2=Richmond |first2=Robert C. |last3=Hatton |first3=Russell E. |last4=Dolin |first4=James Michael. |title=Global history of philosophy |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000310705 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Plott |first1=John C. |title=A Philosophy of Devotion: A Comparative Study of Bhakti and Prapatti in Vis?is?T?a?Dvaita and St. Bonaventura and Gabriel Marcel |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/PLOAPO#:~:text=John%20C.,Delhi:%20Motilal%20Banarsidass. |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=1974}}</ref><ref name="PhD on Ramanujacharya - John C PLott">{{cite web |title=PhD on Ramanujacharya – John C PLott |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/philosophy-devotion-comparative-study-bhakti-and-prapatti-visistadvaita-and-st-bonaventura |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> After his retirement from Maharaja College, Mysore, he was invited as Honorary Professor at [[Government Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Mysore|Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Mysore]] to teach ''Darshanas''.<ref name="The Darshanas: Six Schools of Indian Philosophy">{{cite web |last1=Nanavati |first1=Manjula |title=The Darshanas: Six Schools of Indian Philosophy |url=https://theacropolitan.in/2021/07/01/the-darshanas-six-schools-of-indian-philosophy/ |website=The Acropolitan Magazine |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=1 July 2021}}</ref> Yamunacharya became Emeritus Professor in Philosophy under University Grants Commission, New Delhi in 1968.

== Works ==

=== Books and articles ===
* ''Ramanuja's Teachings in his own words (1970)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M. |title=Rāmānuja's Teachings in His Own Words |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/R%C4%81m%C4%81nuja_s_Teachings_in_His_Own_Words/jw0sngEACAAJ?hl=en |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=en |date=1963}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ramanuja's teachings in his own words |url=https://rmrl.in/ta/onlinecat/85973/ramanuja's-teachings-in-his-own-words |website=rmrl.in |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=ta}}</ref>
* ''An Introduction to Logic & Scientific Method''
* ''Acharya Ramanujaru''
* ''Alwarugalu''<ref name="Alvarugalu">{{cite web |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M |title=Alvarugalu |url=https://archive.org/details/crmn.alvarugalu0000myam |website=Internet Archive |publisher=Mysore Vishwavidyanilaya |access-date=11 October 2025 |language=Kannada |date=1974}}</ref>
* ''Paschatya Rajakeeya Tatwagalu''
* ''Deeper Meaning of Yagna in Indian Religious Thought'' (1949)[QJMS, Vol.39 – 1]<ref name="Deeper Meaning of Yagna in Indian Religious Thought (1949)">{{cite web |last1=Yamunacharya |first1=M |title=The Mythic Society |url=https://mythicsociety.org/Buy_journals/details/209 |website=mythicsociety.org |access-date=11 October 2025 |ref=QJMS – Vol 39 – 1}}</ref>
* ''Matha Dharma Tattva Shastra (1969)''
* ''Tarka Shastra Sangraha''
* ''The Concept of Maya as Avidya''
* ''The Hindu Theory of International Relations as Expounded in Kamandaka's Nitisara – (The Indian Journal of Political Science, 3)''
* ''Geeta Bhashya''
* ''Shree Bhashya''
* ''Logic''
* ''Studies in Philosophy''
* ''Religion and Literature''
* ''Mary and S.K. George souvenir (1959–1960)''<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary and S.K. George souvenir - WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/863544139 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=11 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Translations ===
* ''Matha Dharma Punarjeevana (Kannada translation of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's 'Revival of Faith')''
* ''Manushyana Mannassu (Kannada translation of Dr G. D. Boaz's 'Know Your Mind')''
* ''Kannada translation of Thoreau's Biography''
* ''Kannadadalli Gandhi Granthamale''

=== Editorial work ===
* ''Samaja Vignana Sangraha''
* ''Aadhunika Tattvashastra Sangraha (1957)''

=== Doctoral thesis (as guide) ===
* ''The Nature and Destiny of the Individual in the Philosophy of Lokacharya''<ref>{{cite web |title=The nature and destiny of the individual in the philosophy of Lokacharya {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/664154011 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=11 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

== Gandhian ==
Yamunacharya was made Chief Editor of the Committee entrusted with translating into Kannada language, all of Mahatma Gandhi's works (spanning close to 10,000 pages across eight volumes) in 1956, by [[Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar|R. R. Diwakar]].<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /><ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" /><ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa" /><ref name="Pranamapushpam" /> All of these translated volumes were brought forth in Kannada as ''"Kannadadalli Gandhi Granthamale"''. The Committee was based at ''Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi'', Mysore and consisted of [[Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar]], [[G. P. Rajarathnam]], Sampatgiri Rao, Kanvi, Narayanamurthy, K. S. Narayanaswamy and [[Kuvempu]]. M. Yamunacharya was the first Director of Gandhi Bhavan (Centre for Gandhi Studies) at University of Mysore, from 1965 to 1966. From 1967 onwards, he was associated with Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi.<ref name="Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature" /><ref name="Philosophy Department of Mysore varsity completes 100 years" />

== Recognition ==
[[File:'Dattatreya - The Way And The Goal' by HH Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (1957) (Cover Page) 01.png|thumb|left|alt=Cover Page of Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar's Book on Lord Dattatreya "Dattatreya – The Way and The Goal" (1957)|Cover Page of Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar's Book on Lord Dattatreya "Dattatreya – The Way and The Goal" (1957)|248x248px]]
[[File:'Dattatreya - The Way And The Goal' by HH Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (1957) (Tribute by author to M. Yamunacharya and H. N. Raghavendrachar).png|thumb|'Dattatreya – The Way And The Goal' by HH Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (1957) (Tribute by HH Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar to M. Yamunacharya and H. N. Raghavendrachar)|243x243px]]Yamunacharya chaired the 'Joint Symposium on Indian Educational Values (BHU & NCERT)' at New Delhi in 1966.<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /><ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" /><ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa" /> He was a regular invitee at All India Radio (Akashvani) studios, where he either delivered lectures or took part in interviews on a host of philosophical topics. M. Yamunacharya helped many a scholar in their academic research. The renowned American author John. C. Plott<ref>{{cite web |last1=Varma |first1=Vishwanath Prasad |title=Review of Sarva-Darsana-Sangraha : A Bibliographical Guide to the Global History of Philosophy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41854517 |website=The Indian Journal of Political Science |access-date=15 October 2025 |pages=353–355 |date=1972}}</ref> came to Yamunacharya seeking guidance for his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] on [[Ramanuja]]charya.<ref>{{cite web |last1=A. Slaate |first1=Howard |title=A Personal Perspective of Plott and His Plottings |url=https://www.sckans.edu/~gray/plott16.html |website=www.sckans.edu |access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> His later, more popularly remembered work "''Global History of Philosophy''",<ref name="John. C. Plott (Global History of Philosophy)">{{cite web |title=Global history of philosophy - WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1135498918 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Global History of Philosophy - Vol I">{{cite web |title=Global history of philosophy – Vol. I: The axial age / with James Michael Dolin, Russell E. Hatton; ed. by Robert C. Richmond {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/768818457 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> also has a dedication to Yamunacharya in its Index.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plott |first1=John C. |last2=Hatton |first2=Russell E. |title=Global History of Philosophy: The Axial Age |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Global_History_of_Philosophy/ODPthacrp_cC?hl=en |website=Google Books |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en |date=1 January 1993}}</ref> Similarly, the former Maharaja of Mysore, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, in his seminal work on [[Dattatreya|Lord Dattatreya]], titled ''"Dattatreya: The Way and the Goal"'' (Allen & Unwin, London, 1957)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jīvanmukta-Gītā : reprinted from Dattātreya : the Way and the Goal; by Sri Jaya Chamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/863323685 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="search.worldcat.org">{{cite web |title=Dattātreya; the way and the goal. Introd. by S. Radhakrishnan {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/976909269 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Dattatreya-The-Way-And-The-Goal">{{cite web |last1=Wodeyar |first1=Jayachamarajendra |title=Dattatreya-The-Way-And-The-Goal |url=https://ia802909.us.archive.org/3/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.118332/2015.118332.Dattatreya-The-Way-And-The-Goal_text.pdf |website=Internet Archive |publisher=Allen & Unwin (1957) |access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> gives a heartfelt tribute to M. Yamunacharya (along with H. N. Raghavendrachar<ref name="Brahma Mimamsa In English - H. N. Raghavendrachar">{{cite web |last1=Prof. |first1=H. N. Raghavendrachar |title=Brahma Mimamsa In English |url=https://archive.org/details/brahma-mimamsa-in-english. |website=Internet Archive |access-date=15 October 2025 |date=28 March 1963}}</ref>) for guiding him in the writing of the book.<ref name="The Dvaita Philosophy and its Place in the Vedānta. By Vidwan H. N. Raghavendrachar">{{cite web |last1=Heimann |first1=Betty |title=The Dvaita Philosophy and its Place in the Vedānta. By Vidwan H. N. Raghavendrachar, M.A., and A. R. Wadia. (Mysore: The University of Mysore, 1941. Pp. viii + 282. Rs. 3.) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/abs/dvaita-philosophy-and-its-place-in-the-vedanta-by-vidwan-h-n-raghavendrachar-ma-and-a-r-wadia-mysore-the-university-of-mysore-1941-pp-viii-282-rs-3/CDF1BAC5DF6DF1A24BB1AE1432C047DB |website=Philosophy |access-date=15 October 2025 |pages=86–87 |language=en |doi=10.1017/S0031819100005209 |date=April 1946}}</ref> M. Yamunacharya was invited to Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi to meet then President of India, Zakir Hussain in connection with his work at [[Gandhi Peace Foundation|Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi]] in 1967.<ref name="Pranamapushpam" /><ref name="Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature" /> After his retirement, M. Yamunacharya was made Emeritus Professor in Philosophy by UGC (University Grants Commission), New Delhi in 1968.<ref name="Hundred years of Mysore Varsity Philosophy Dept." /> '[[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Karnataka Rajyotsava Award]]' (for Education) for the year [[List of Rajyotsava Award recipients (1966–1970)|1969]] was presented to M. Yamunacharya, by then Chief Minister of Karnataka [[Veerendra Patil]], in recognition of his work "''Vishistadvaita Darshana''".<ref name="Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards">{{cite web |title=Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards – Year Wise Listing |url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State%20Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en |website=Karnataka Government Website |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kannada List of Rajyotsava Award Winners |url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State+Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/kn |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
M. Yamuancharya married Rajamma and had eight children.<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /><ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" /><ref name="ಯಾಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Sallapa" /> From 1966 onwards, he had suffered cardiac ailments and had admissions both at [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]] as well as [https://mmcri.karnataka.gov.in/114/K%20R%20Hospital/en K. R. Hospital, Mysore].<ref name="Hundred years of Mysore Varsity Philosophy Dept." /><ref name="Pranamapushpam" /><ref name=":1" /> M. Yamunacharya died on 4 January 1970 at Mysore, aged 80 years.<ref name="Official Webpage of M. Yamunacharya" /><ref name="ಎಂ. ಯಮುನಾಚಾರ್ಯ - Book Brahma" />

== Bibliography ==
* Pranamapushpam (2013) – Book Released on the occasion of "One Day National Seminar on Contributions of Prof. M. Yamunacharya to Philosophy"
* Studies in Philosophy, Religion & Literature – Prof M. Yamunacharya Memorial Trust, Bengaluru
* Bhitti (1996) – Bhyrappa, S. L.<ref name="Bhitti">{{cite web |title=Bhitti - WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/36051565 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=11 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
* Maharaja's College Centenary Commemoration Volume<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Maharaja's College Centenary Commemoration Volume |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Maharaja_s_College_Centenary_Commemorati/78F9HAAACAAJ?hl=en |website=Google Books |access-date=11 October 2025 |language=en |date=1951}}</ref>
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* The Poona Orientalist - Volumes 17-21 (1952)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Poona_Orientalist/J0M9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=M.%20Yamunacharya |title=The Poona Orientalist |date=1952 |publisher=Oriental Book Agency |language=en}}</ref>
* Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita – A Study Based on Vedānta Deśikā's Śatadūṣaṇī – by S. M. Srinivasa Chari (1999)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chari |first=S. M. Srinivasa |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Advaita_and_Vi%C5%9Bi%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%AD%C4%81dvaita/r1zNxV2zBPsC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita: A Study Based on Vedānta Deśikā's Śatadūṣaṇī |date=1999-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House |isbn=978-81-208-1535-3 |language=en}}</ref>
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* Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture by K.V. Raman (2003)
* Struggle All the Way - Story of a Book Seller by D. R. Krishna Murthy (1992)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murthy |first=D. R. Krishna |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Struggle_All_the_Way/qxwcAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=M.%20Yamunacharya |title=Struggle All the Way: Story of a Book Seller |date=1992 |publisher=People's Book House |language=en}}</ref>
* Global History of Philosophy – John. C. Plott; Edition:[1st ed. reprint]; Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1987<ref name="Global history of philosophy">{{cite web |last1=Plott |first1=John C. |title=Global history of philosophy - WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/927841490 |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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* Aryan Path – Volume 32 (1961)<ref>{{cite web |title=Aryan Path |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Aryan_Path/dIoeAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=M.%20Yamunacharya |website=Google Books |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en |date=1961}}</ref>
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* Proceedings and Transactions of the Indian Oriental Conference Volume 18, Part 1955 – 1958<ref>{{cite web |title=Proceedings and Transactions of the Indian Oriental Conference |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Proceedings_and_Transactions_of_the_Indi/-GHWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=M.%20Yamunacharya |website=Google Books |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en |date=1958}}</ref>
* Gandhiji in Indian Literature by University of Mysore. Institute of Kannada Studies · 1971<ref>{{cite web |last1=Studies |first1=University of Mysore Institute of Kannada |title=Gandhiji in Indian Literature |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Gandhiji_in_Indian_Literature/QOoPAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=M.%20Yamunacharya |website=Google Books |publisher=Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en |date=1971}}</ref>

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