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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
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|birth_place = [[Pajaka|Pājaka]], [[Udupi]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
|birth_name = Subhaktimana<br />
|guru =[[Madhvacharya]]<br />
|philosophy = [[Dvaita|Tattvavāda]]<br />
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'''Vishnu Tirtha''' (Subhaktiman) is a scholar of the [[Dvaita]] school of [[Vedanta]] philosophy<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=William Joseph|title=Soul images in Hindu traditions: patterns East & West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2IqAAAAYAAJ|year=2004|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7646-323-2|page=146}}</ref> and the founder of the [[Matha|monasteries]] at [[Sodhe]] and [[Subramanya, Karnataka|Subramanya]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Vasudeva|title=Living Traditions in Contemporary Contexts: The Madhva Matha of Udupi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-utNEpTZWUkC&pg=PA31|year=2002|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2297-8|page=31}}</ref><ref name="Kerala">{{cite book|title=Journal of Indian History|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843|year=1949|publisher=University of Kerala|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843/page/n43 33]}}</ref> He left his home after his parents died to join the order of [[Brahma Sampradaya]]. He was initiated into the order by his older brother [[Madhvacharya]] (1238–1317 CE), the founder of the Dvaita school.<ref name="Kerala"/> Subhaktiman was rechristened Vishnu Tirtha after the initiation.<ref name="Gaudiya">{{cite book|last1=Dās|first1=Sambidānanda|author2=Sree Gaudiya Math|title=History and literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas and their relation to other medieval Vaishnava Schools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk8KAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Sree Gaudiya Math|page=91}}</ref> He was succeeded by Aniruddha Tirtha at the Subramanya monastery.<ref>[http://www.subrahmanyamatha.com/listSwamijis.html List of Kukke Subrahmanya Swamijis]. Sri Niketana Trust, Kukke Subramanya Matha. Retrieved 19 February 2013.</ref> He also had an elder sister.<ref name="Gaudiya"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Vadiraja swamy]]<br />
* [[Paryaya]]<br />
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[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]<br />
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