Vallabha information

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Vallabha
Vallabha
Personal
Born	27 April 1479; Champaran (now in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, India)
Died	26 June 1531 (aged 52); Banaras (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Religion	Hinduism
Children	Gopinātha and Viṭṭhalanātha
Organization
Order	Vedanta
Founder of	Puṣṭimārga
Philosophy	Śuddhādvaita

Vallabha, Vallabha Acharya or Vallabhācārya (1479–1531 CE) was an Indian saint and philosopher. He founded the Krishna-centered Puṣṭimārga sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj (Vraja) region of India,^[1] and propounded the philosophy of Śuddhādvaita.

Vallabha was born in a South Indian family that was residing in Varanasi. They escaped to Champaran in Chhattisgarh state while expecting a Muslim invasion during the late 15th century.^[2]

Vallabha studied Hindu philosopy from early age, then traveled throughout the Indian subcontinent for over 20 years.^[2] He became one of the important leaders of the devotional Bhakti movement. He won many philosophical scholarly debates against the followers of Advaita Vedānta.

He rejected asceticism and monastic life, suggested that through loving devotion to the deity Krishna, any householder could achieve salvation – an idea that became influential all over India, held by his 84 Baithakjis (places of worship) across India.^[3]^[4] He is the prominent Jagadguru Acharya of Rudra Sampradaya out of the four traditional Vaishnava Sampradayas.^[5]

He authored many texts including but not limited to, the Aṇubhāṣya (his commentary on the Brahma Sūtra), Ṣoḍaśa Grantha or sixteen tracts and several commentaries on the Bhāgavata Purāṇa.

Vallabha's writings and kirtan compositions focus on baby Krishna and his childhood pranks with Yashoda (unconditional motherly love), as well as a youthful Krishna's protection of the good (divine grace) and his victory over demons and evils, all with allegory and symbolism.^[4]

Vallabha founded a religious denomination called Puṣṭimārga, which is followed to-date in the Braj region as well as the Nathdwara and Dwarkadhish Temple in Mewar region of India.^[4]

^ Shah, J.G. (1969). Shri Vallabhacharya: His Philosophy and Religion. Pushtimargiya Pustakalaya.
^ ^a ^b Constance Jones; James D. Ryan (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase. pp. 475–476. ISBN 978-0-8160-7564-5.
^ "List of 84 Baithakjis".
^ ^a ^b ^c Catherine B. Asher; Cynthia Talbot (2006). India Before Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-521-80904-7.
^ Sharma, V.P. (1998). The Sadhus and Indian Civilisation. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.

[Shah1969-1] Shah, J.G. (1969). Shri Vallabhacharya: His Philosophy and Religion. Pushtimargiya Pustakalaya.

[jonesryan475-2] Constance Jones; James D. Ryan (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase. pp. 475–476. ISBN 978-0-8160-7564-5.

[3] "List of 84 Baithakjis".

[AsherTalbot2006p111-4] Catherine B. Asher; Cynthia Talbot (2006). India Before Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-521-80904-7.

[Sharma1998-5] Sharma, V.P. (1998). The Sadhus and Indian Civilisation. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.

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Personal
Born	27 April 1479 Champaran (now in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, India)
Died	26 June 1531 (aged 52) Banaras (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Religion	Hinduism
Children	Gopinātha and Viṭṭhalanātha
Organization
Order	Vedanta
Founder of	Puṣṭimārga
Philosophy	Śuddhādvaita

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