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Nimbarka

1200 CE · associated with the Telugu/Andhra region (traditional); later active in the Mathurā–Vṛndāvana area

Dates highly uncertain and disputed; commonly placed c. 12th–13th century CE, though some traditional accounts and a minority of scholars argue for an earlier date.

Nimbārka was a Vaiṣṇava philosopher and devotional teacher who founded the school of Dvaitādvaita, or "dualistic non-dualism," holding that the individual soul and the world are simultaneously distinct from and non-different from Brahman, identified with Kṛṣṇa. He is the founder of the Nimbārka Sampradāya, one of the four traditional Vaiṣṇava lineages, which centers on the joint worship of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and was among the early traditions to emphasize Rādhā's devotional role. His chief works are usually given as the Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sūtras, and the Daśaśloki. His dates are among the most disputed in Vedānta studies; many scholars place him in roughly the 12th–13th century, while traditional accounts sometimes claim a much earlier period. Reliable biographical detail beyond his philosophical works is scarce.

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associated with the Telugu/Andhra region (traditional); later active in the Mathurā–Vṛndāvana area

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About associated with the Telugu/Andhra region (traditional); later active in the Mathurā–Vṛndāvana area

Nimbārka (traditionally c. 12th–13th c.), founder of the Nimbārka Sampradāya and proponent of the dvaita–advaita (bhedābheda) theology, is described in tradition as a Telugu (Tailaṅga) Brahmin; accounts of his birthplace differ, variously placing his family in the Andhra country on the Godāvarī, in Maharashtra, or in the Bellary region. He was chiefly active in the Mathurā–Vṛndāvana (Braj) area, where the coordinates here are set, settling near Govardhana.

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