Nimbarkacharya

Nimbarkacharya
An icon of Nimbarkacharya at Ukhra Mahanta Asthal, West Bengal.
Personal
Born	Niyamananda or Bhaskara Nimbapura, India[1]
Religion	Hinduism
Parents	Jagannath (father) Sarasvati (mother)
Organization
Order	Vedanta
Founder of	Nimbarka Sampradaya
Philosophy	Dvaitadvaita Vedanta
Religious career
Disciples Shrinivasa[2]
Honors	Jagadguru

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Nimbarkacharya (Sanskrit: निम्बार्काचार्य, romanized: Nimbārkāchārya) (c. 12th century^[1]), also known as Nimbarka, Nimbaditya or Niyamananda, was a Hindu philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the theology of Dvaitadvaita (dvaita–advaita) or dualistic–non-dualistic sometimes known as svabhavika bhedabheda. He played a major role in spreading the worship of the divine couple Radha and Krishna, and founded Nimbarka Sampradaya, one of four main traditions of Hindu sect Vaishnavism.^[3][4]

Nimbarka is believed to have lived around the 12th century,^[1] but this dating has been questioned, suggesting that he lived somewhat earlier than Shankaracharya, in the 6th or 7th century CE.^[5] Born in Southern India in a Telugu Brahmin family,^[4] he spent most of his life in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He is sometimes identified with another philosopher named Bhaskara,^[6] but this is considered to be a misconception due to the differences between the spiritual views of the two saints.^[2][7][8]