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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
| name = Akshobhya Tirtha<br />(ಅಕ್ಷೋಭ್ಯಾತೀರ್ಥ)<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| birth_name = Govinda Shastri<br />
| title = <br />
| birth_date = 1282<br />
| birth_place = [[North Karnataka]]<br />
| death_date = 1365<br />
| death_place = [[Malkheda]]<br />
| honors = <br />
| order = [[Vedanta]]<br />
| guru = [[Madhvacharya]]<br />
| philosophy = [[Dvaita]]<br />
| disciples = [[Jayatirtha]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Akshobhya Tirtha''' ({{circa}} 1282- {{circa}} 1365) was a [[Dvaita]] philosopher, scholar and theologian.{{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=300}} Born as Govinda Shastri, he received [[sannyasa]] from [[Madhva]] and later succeeded [[Madhava Tirtha]] as the pontiff of the [[Madhvacharya]] peetha from (1350 - 1365). {{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=300}}{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=145}} A non-extant work titled ''Madhva Tantra Samgraha'' is attributed to him. {{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=300}} Sharma contends that Akshobhya retired to [[Pandharapur]] in his twilight years where he encountered a youth called Dhondu Pant on the banks of [[Bhima river]], who would later go on to be his disciple and successor, [[Jayatirtha]]. {{Sfn|Sharma|2000|p=301}} His mortal remains rest at [[Malkhed]].<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book|title = A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, Vol 1. 3rd Edition|first = B. N. Krishnamurti| last = Sharma| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint) |isbn = 978-8120815759| year= 2000 }}<br />
* {{cite book|title = Journal Of Indian History|volume=27|first = S. Hanumantha| last = Rao| publisher=The University Of Travancore |year= 1949|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843?q=akshobhya+tirtha }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.uttaradimath.org/parampara/sri-akshobhya-tirtha Akshobhya Tirtha on Uttaradi Matha]<br />
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