{{Short description|Scholar of the Dvaita school of Vedanta philosophy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox Hindu leader | religion = Hinduism |birth_place = Pājaka, Udupi, Karnataka, India |birth_name = Subhaktimana |guru =Madhvacharya |philosophy = Tattvavāda |honors = |literary_works = |footnotes = }} '''Vishnu Tirtha''' (Subhaktiman) is a scholar of the Dvaita school of Vedanta philosophy<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=William Joseph|title=Soul images in Hindu traditions: patterns East & West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2IqAAAAYAAJ|year=2004|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7646-323-2|page=146}}</ref> and the founder of the monasteries at Sodhe and Subramanya.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Vasudeva|title=Living Traditions in Contemporary Contexts: The Madhva Matha of Udupi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-utNEpTZWUkC&pg=PA31|year=2002|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2297-8|page=31}}</ref><ref name="Kerala">{{cite book|title=Journal of Indian History|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843|year=1949|publisher=University of Kerala|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843/page/n43 33]}}</ref> He left his home after his parents died to join the order of Brahma Sampradaya. He was initiated into the order by his older brother Madhvacharya (1238–1317 CE), the founder of the Dvaita school.<ref name="Kerala"/> Subhaktiman was renamed Vishnu Tirtha after the initiation.<ref name="Gaudiya">{{cite book|last1=Dās|first1=Sambidānanda|author2=Sree Gaudiya Math|title=History and literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas and their relation to other medieval Vaishnava Schools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk8KAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Sree Gaudiya Math|page=91}}</ref> He was succeeded by Aniruddha Tirtha at the Subramanya monastery.<ref>[http://www.subrahmanyamatha.com/listSwamijis.html List of Kukke Subrahmanya Swamijis]. Sri Niketana Trust, Kukke Subramanya Matha. Retrieved 19 February 2013.</ref> He also had an elder sister.<ref name="Gaudiya"/>
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