Sripadaraja is widely considered the founder of Haridasa movement along with Narahari Tirtha.
12 Facts About Sripadaraja
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Sripadaraja has influenced both Carnatic music and Hindustani music through his compositions.
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Sripadaraja is credited with the invention of the suladi musical structure and composed 133 of them along with several kirtanas.
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Sripadaraja was the advisor of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya and mentored the young Vyasatirtha.
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Sripadaraja authored a commentary on Jayatirtha's Nyaya Sudha called Nyayasudhopanyasa-Vagvajra.
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Sripadaraja was born in a Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family in Abbur, a village in Channapatna taluk, Karnataka.
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Tradition asserts that Sripadaraja was the cousin of Brahmanya Tirtha, who served as the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Abbur and the guru of Vyasatirtha.
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Sripadaraja was a contemporary of Vibhudendra Tirtha, the progenitor of the Raghavendra Math and Raghunatha Tirtha of Uttaradi Math, who conferred upon him the title Sripadaraja or Sripadaraya.
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Sripadaraja was considered the guru of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya and educated Vyasatirtha in the Shastras.
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Sripadaraja adds that despite the exhaustive exposition and the graceful style, his role as a Haridasa eclipsed his scholarly work.
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Sripadaraja is often considered as the pioneer of Dasa Sahitya with his simple worded and spiritual hymns synchronised to music.
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Sripadaraja composed 13,000 suladis, which are songs containing a medley of different ragas and talas often employed to set the mood of the narrative.