Shree Akshobhya Tirtha ( 1282- 1365) was a

Dvaita Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST: ''Tattvavāda''), is a sub-school in the Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; , ), also known as ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six orthodox (Āstika and nāstika, ''āstika'') trad ...

philosopher, scholar and theologian. Born as Govinda Bhatta, he received

sannyasa ''Sannyasa'' (), sometimes spelled ''sanyasa'', is the fourth stage within the Hinduism, Hindu system of four life stages known as ''ashrama (stage), ashramas'', the first three being ''brahmacharya'' (celibate student), ''Gṛhastha, grihast ...

from

Padmanabha Tirtha Padmanabha Tirtha was an Indian Dvaita philosopher, scholar and the disciple of Madhvacharya. Ascending the pontifical seat after Madhvacharya, he served as the primary commentator of his works and in doing so, significantly elucidated Madhva ...

and later succeeded Madhava Tirtha as the pontiff of the

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy ...

peetha from (1350 - 1365). A non-extant work titled ''Madhva Tantra Samgraha'' is attributed to him. Sharma contends that Akshobhya retired to Pandharapur in his twilight years where he encountered a youth called Dhondu Pant on the banks of Bhima river, who would later go on to be his disciple and successor,

Jayatirtha Jayatirtha (), ''also known as'' Teekacharya () (1345 – 1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the important seers in the hi ...

. His mortal remains rest at Malkhed. Sri Akshobhya Tirtha installed the idol of Sri Narasimha in Mulbagal. Main Matha lineage continued through

and along with this Akshobhya Tirtha also established a new matha, which is now known by the name of Sri Kudli Arya Akshobhya Tirtha Matha at Kudli near Shivamogga city.

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Akshobhya Tirtha on Uttaradi Matha
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