![]() Right from his childhood miracles occurred. His father took him to the temple and dedicated him to Lord. When the infant was fed by mistake with baked horse grain his health was not affected. At the age of one he clung to bull's tail and went through grazing grounds and jungles where the bull travelled through. He satisfied a debtor of his father by giving him some tamarind seeds. The villagers were surprised as well as happy at the presence of a divine child. Later on Madhyageha Bhatta initiated his son in the study of the alphabets. Once when he was going to the village of Neyarnpalli with his mother, Vasudeva came across a Brahmana named Siva. He was narrating a Pauranika episode in a wrong way to a large section of audience. The boy corrected him thereby gaining the applause of the audience. At the age of eight he was given a sacred thread by his father with a specific commandment. It was found that he mastered everything in no time. He excelled in everything. Purna prajna is the name given to Madhav at the time of sannyasa (renunciation). At the time of consecration the name conferred on him as the Master of Vedanta is "Ananda Tirtha". Madhva was the pen name assumed by the Acharya to author all his works. While he was in his teens he had set on a tour to South India. He visited several places of pilgrimage like Anantasayana, Kanyakumsri, Ramesvara. He preached Tattvavada or religious truth to the people. He attacked superstitions and believed that it should not be mixed with religion. In Badri, he bathed in the holy Ganga River and observed a vow of silence of 48 days. Thereafter he travelled to Vyasa Badri where he met Vyasa at his hermitage and presented him with his commentary of the Gita. |
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