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	Having adorned the sacred pontifical seat of the revered Uttaradi Matha, the venerable Raghuttama Tirtha, as per the divine will, desired to enter the Brindavana. He then appeared in a dream to the Zamindar of Vettavalam (now in Tiruvannamalai District) and instructed him to construct a Brindavana at [[Manampoondi]], a village near Tirukoilur, on the bank of the [[Ponnaiyar River\|South Pennar]]. Manampoondi is a holy place where Shri Galava Rishi once resided. The site is also described in the scriptures as the ‘Pancha Krishnaranya Kshetra’. Raghuttama Tirtha entered [[Brindavana]] on 11 January 1596 on the auspicious day of [[Vaikuntha Ekadashi]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web\|url=https://www.uttaradimath.org/parampara/sri-raghuttama-tirtha\|title=Sri Raghuttama Tirtha\|publisher=[[Uttaradi Math]]}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ He was succeeded by his disciple [[Vedavyasa Tirtha]].{{Sfn\|Rao\|1984\|p=55}}{{Sfn\|Sharma\|2000\|p=433}}{{Sfn\|Sarma\|1956\|p=xliii}}{{Sfn\|Brück\|Brück\|2011\|p=202}}		Having adorned the sacred pontifical seat of the revered Uttaradi Matha, the venerable Raghuttama Tirtha, as per the divine will, desired to enter the Brindavana. He then appeared in a dream to the Zamindar of Vettavalam (now in Tiruvannamalai District) and instructed him to construct a Brindavana at [[Manampoondi]], a village near Tirukoilur, on the bank of the [[Ponnaiyar River\|South Pennar]]. Manampoondi is a holy place where Shri Galava Rishi once resided. The site is also described in the scriptures as the ‘Pancha Krishnaranya Kshetra’. Raghuttama Tirtha entered [[Brindavana]] on 11 January 1596 on the auspicious day of [[Vaikuntha Ekadashi]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.uttaradimath.org/parampara/sri-raghuttama-tirtha\|title=Sri Raghuttama Tirtha\|publisher=[[Uttaradi Math]]}}</ref> He was succeeded by his disciple [[Vedavyasa Tirtha]].{{Sfn\|Rao\|1984\|p=55}}{{Sfn\|Sharma\|2000\|p=433}}{{Sfn\|Sarma\|1956\|p=xliii}}{{Sfn\|Brück\|Brück\|2011\|p=202}}

	==Works==		==Works==

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{{short description|Hindu guru}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name =Raghuttama Tirtha
| honorific_prefix = Sri
|honorific_suffix =
| image =
|alt = Raghuttama Theertha
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_name =Ramachandra Bhatta
| birth_place = Mannur ({{small|present-day [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]}})
| birth_date = 1548
|death_date = 1596
| death_place = [[Tirukoilur]] ({{small|present-day [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]}})
| order = [[Vedanta]] ([[Uttaradi Math]])
| guru = [[Raghuvarya Tirtha]]
| philosophy = [[Dvaita]], [[Vaishnavism]]
|literary_works= ''Tattvaprakasika Bhavabodha'',{{Sfn|Okita|2014|p=267}} ''Brihadaranyaka Bhavabodha''
|successor = [[Vedavyasa Tirtha]]
|honors = ''Bhāvabodhacārya''
|disciples ={{unbulleted|[[Vedesa Tirtha]]|Vyasa Ramacharya|Ananda Bhattaraka}}
}}
{{Vaishnavism}}
{{DvaitaInfobox}}

'''Raghuttama Tirtha''' ([[Sanskrit]]:रघूत्तम तीर्थ); [[IAST]]:Śrī Raghūttama Tīrtha) ({{circa}} 1548 - {{circa}} 1596), was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[philosopher]], [[scholar]], [[theologian]] and saint. He was also known as '''Bhavabodhacharya''' ({{IAST|Bhāvabodhacārya}}). His diverse oeuvre include commentaries on the works of [[Madhva]] and [[Jayatirtha]]. He served as the fourteenth pontiff of [[Madhvacharya]] Peetha - [[Uttaradi Math]] from 1557 to 1595, which he occupied, with remarkable distinction for thirty-nine years.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=463}} He is considered to be one of the most important seers in the history of [[Dvaita]] school of thought.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=433}} His shrine at [[Tirukoilur]] attracts thousands of visitors every year.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}}

Born in an aristocratic [[Brahmin]] family, but was brought up in mutt under the direction of [[Raghuvarya Tirtha]]. He composed 11 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of [[Madhva]], [[Jayatirtha]] and [[Vyasatirtha]] in the form of ''Bhāvabodhas'' elaborating upon the Dvaita thought.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=463}}

==Life==
Most of the information about Raghuttama Tirtha's life is derived from [[hagiography]] - Gurucaryā.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=463}} He was born as Ramachandra Bhatta into [[Deshastha Madhva Brahmin]] family to Subba Bhatta and Gangabai in 1548.{{Sfn|Hebbar|2005|p=155}} According to the hagiographies, his father was a [[Zamindar]]. The place of his birth is Mannur, [[Indi, Karnataka|Indi taluk]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka]]. According to the Gurucaryā, He had his [[Upanayana]] at the age of seven and immediately after [[Upanayana]] was ordained as a [[Sannyasa]].{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=463}} Raghuttama Tirtha is said to have studied for some years after his ordinance, under a learned Pandit Adya Varadarajacharya of Manur under the direction of [[Raghuvarya Tirtha]].{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}} According to the hagiographies, he was the nephew of [[Raghuvarya Tirtha]]- the thirteenth pontiff and succeeded his uncle in the pontificate of [[Uttaradi Matha]] and was also a close contemporary of [[Vijayindra Tirtha]] and [[Vadiraja Tirtha]]. Raghuttama Tirtha occupied the pontificate with remarkable distinction for thirty-nine years until he took [[Brindavana Pravesha]] in 1596.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=463}} Raghuttama Swami took [[Brindavana]] on the bank of the river [[Ponnaiyar River|South Pennar]] in Mannampoondi near [[Tirukoilur]]. He was succeeded by his disciple [[Vedavyasa Tirtha]].{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=433}}{{Sfn|Sarma|1956|p=xliii}}{{Sfn|Brück|Brück|2011|p=202}}

==Works==
There have been 10 works accredited to Raghuttama Tirtha, 9 of which are commentaries on the works of [[Madhvacharya]], [[Padmanabha Tirtha]] and [[Jayatirtha]], out of which only five are published so far. ''Bhavabodha'' is the general title of a majority of his works and Raghuttama is usually called "Bhavabodhakara" or "Bhavabodhacharya".{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}} His work ''Brihadaranyaka Bhavabodha'' is a commentary on [[Madhva]]'s ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Bhashya'', is considered to be his magnum opus. Running up to 9,000 granthas, it discusses both Khandana and Bhashyartha of the Upanishad.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=465}} His work ''Tattvaprakasika Bhavabodha'' is a super commentary on [[Jayatirtha]]'s ''Tattvaprakāśikā''. It is a voluminous gloss running to nearly 8100 granthas. It is quoted by Jagannatha Tirtha in his ''Bhashyadipika'' three to four times and by [[Raghavendra Tirtha]] once in his ''Tatparya Chandrika Prakasha''.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Description
! References
|-
|''Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya Bhavabodha''
|Gloss on ''Viṣṇutattvanirṇayaṭikā'' of [[Jayatirtha]]
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=264}}
|-
|''Tattvaprakasika Bhavabodha''
|Super-commentary on ''Tattvaprakāśikā'' of [[Jayatirtha]]
|{{Sfn|Dasgupta|1975|p=61}}
|-
|''Nyāyavivarana Bhavabodha''
|Direct commentary on ''Nyāya Vivarana'' of [[Madhvacharya]], in continuation to [[Jayatirtha]] work to Nyāyavivaranaṭikā
|{{Sfn|Dasgupta|1975|p=87}}
|-
|Nyāyaratna-Sambandhadipikā
|Commentary on ''[[Anu Vyakhyana]]'', showing at the same time the inter-connection between the words of [[Madhva]] and Sutras of [[Badarayana]].
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=265}}
|-
|''Brihadaranyaka Bhavabodha''
|Commentary on ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Bhashya'' of [[Madhvacharya]]
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=266}}
|-
|''Vivaraṇoddharā''
|Gloss on the passages of ''Nyāya Vivarana'' which was commented by [[Jayatirtha]] in his Tattvaprakāśikā
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=265}}
|-
|''Gītābhāṣya Bhavabodha'' {{small|(''Prameyadīpikā Bhavabodha'')}}
|Gloss on [[Jayatirtha]]'s ''Gītābhāṣya Prameyadīpikā''
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=266}}
|-
|''Sanyayavivruthi''
|Commentary on ''Sanyaya Ratnavali'' of [[Padmanabha Tirtha]]
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=266}}
|-
|''Tāratamya Stotram''
|Prayer explaining the hierarchy of gods
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=266}}
|-
|''Taittirīyavinirṇaya''
|Commentary on ''[[Taittiriya Upanishad]] Bhashya'' of [[Madhvacharya]]
|{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=266}}
|}

==Legacy==
After [[Jayatirtha]], Raghuttama Tirtha became Tika-kara and is usually referred to as ''Bhavabodhacharya''.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}} Sharma writes "His language is simple and precise. He makes his points forcefully. He quotes often from certain unidentified sources not cited by any other commentator".{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=465}} Raghuttama Tirtha is regarded as a saint known for preaching the worship of Lord [[Vishnu]] regardless of caste or creed. His shrine in [[Tirukoilur]] attracts thousands of visitors every year.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=464}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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{{Refend}}

==Further reading==
*[https://archive.org/details/Sri_Raghuttama_Tirtharu_-_Prabhanjanacharya Sri Raghuttama Tirtharu by Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya (Kannada text)]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.405056 Tattvaprakasika Vyakhya Bhavabodhah (Sanskrit text)]

==External links==
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Yati%2Craghuttama%22 Works of Raghuttama Tirtha] at [[Internet Archive]]
*[https://www.uttaradimath.org/parampara/sri-raghuttama-tirtha Sri Raghuttama Tirtha] from https://www.uttaradimath.org
*[http://tatvavada.org/eng/prayer.shtml Sri Raghuttama Tirtha] from http://www.tatvavada.org/eng/

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