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[Shrisha Rao]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Robert Zydenbos wrote:

> Am 28 Apr 00, um 5:56 schrieb nanda chandran:
>
> > But again Madhva seems to have taken up the monastic name of
> > "VidhyAranya" and Mandana Mishra as SureshvarAchArya (or are they
> > two different persons?).
>
> The young Vaasudeva was named Puur.napraj;na and later
> became Aanandatiirtha (there you have another such name ending:
> -tiirtha); he finally gave himself the name 'Madhva' (hence his

By his lights, `Madhva' is supposed to be a synonym of `AnandatIrtha'
(madhu + va = Ananda + tIrtha), and derived from the baLitthA sukta;
`madhu iti Ananda uddishhTo veti tIrthamudAhR^itaM;
madhva AnandatIrthassyAttR^itIyA mArutI tanuH;
iti sUktagataM rUpatrayametanmahAtmanaH;
yo veda vedavitsAsyAttattvavittatprasAdataH',
etc.

Regards,

Shrisha Rao

> Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos