Madhusūdana Sarasvatī

Madhusūdana Sarasvatī
Personal life
Born1540 CE
Died1640 CE
Bengal, India
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophyAdvaita, Vaishnavism

Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c.15401640) was an Indian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition and devotee of Krishna. He was the disciple of Viśveśvara Sarasvatī and Mādhava Sarasvatī.

Madhusūdana composed Advaitasiddhi, a line-by-line refutation of Nyayamṛta. In response to Advaitasiddhi, the Dvaita scholars, Vyasa Ramacharya, and Ananda Bhattaraka, wrote Nyayamṛta Tarangini and Nyayamṛta Kantakoddhara and challenged Madhusūdana Sarasvatī.