Sumatindra Tirtha

Sumatindra Tirtha
The tomb or Brindavana of Sumatindra Tirtha in Srirangam
Personal
Religion	Hinduism
Organization
Order	Vedanta
Philosophy	Dvaita
Religious career
Guru	Venkatanarayana, Surindra Tirtha
Disciples Upendra Tirtha
Literary works	Bhavaratnakosha, Usha Harna Bhashya, Jayaghoshana

Sumatindra Tirtha (c. 1692 – c. 1725) was a Dvaita scholar and the 20th pontiff of the Madhva matha at Kumbakonam (also known as Raghavendra Matha). Succeeding Surindra Tirtha in 1692, Sumatindra extended the reach of the matha from Kumbakonam to Thanjavur, Madurai and Srirangam. Through his travels and a close association with the royalty, Sumatindra was able to proliferate the principles of Dvaita in the Tamil region. ^[1] An accomplished scholar and poet, he has authored numerous works on poetics, drama and music as well as commentaries on Vedanta.