Rambhadracharya

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya ( Sanskrit: जगद्गुरुरामभद्राचार्यः Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, pronunciation: [ ɟəɡəd̪ɡuru rɑ ː məb ʱ əd̪rɑ ː cɑ ː rjə ], real name Giridhar Mishra, born January 14, 1950 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India ) is an Indian scholar, educator, composer, orator, philosopher and Hindu religious leader based in Chitrakúta, Uttar Pradesh.

Life

Rambhadracharya lost his eyesight at the age of two months and has been blind. He has never used Braille or any other aid. He speaks 22 languages ​​and seals and composed in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili and several other languages.

Work and religious position

He is since 1988 one of the four established Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas and leader of the Ramanandi Order ( Ramanandi Sampradaya ), which (by 1400-1476 ) leads back to the Holy Ramananda and one of the largest Orthodox Order of Hindu Vaishnavism. ,

He is the founder and head of the ashram Tulsi Peeth, a named after the poet and saint Tulsidas religious and social institution in Chitrakúta and founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University ( JRHU ) ( German: Jagadguru - Rambhadacharya University for the disabled) in Chitrakúta that offers graduate and post graduate courses exclusively for students with disabilities. This university was founded on 27 September 2001 and is the first and only university in the world disabled.

Among the more than 80 works that he authored, four great epic poems, two in Sanskrit and two in Hindi, as well as a Hindi commentary on Ramacaritmanas, a Sanskrit prose commentary on the Astadhyayi, the eight books of grammatical rules of the grammarian Panini, and Sanskrit Comments Prasthanatrayi fonts, the three main Hindu works Brahma Sutra, Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.

Rambhadracharya applicable in India as authority for the knowledge and interpretation of the Holy Tulsidas. He is a renowned Katha - lecture artist for the Ramayana and the Bhagavata. His Katha programs are regularly featured in various cities in India and abroad and run on television channels like Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.

Writings

• Svami Rambhadracharya (ed.): Shriramacaritmanas. 4th edition. . Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakúta 2006 ( original title in Hindi: श्रीरामचरितमानस - मूल गुटका तुलसीपीठ संस्करण; IAST transliteration of the title:. Śrīrāmacaritamānasa ) ( Contains: critical edition of Rāmacaritamānasa work, as Tulasīpīṭha or Tulsi Peeth edition referred to. )

• Jagadguru Rambhadracharya: Shriramacaritamanasa - Bhavarthabodhini Hindi Tika. . Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakúta 2008 ( IAST transliteration of the title: Śrīrāmacaritamānasa Bhāvārthabodhinī Hindi Tika. ) ( Contains: Comment on Ramacaritamanas of Tulsidas in Hindi ) (online, PDF 6.21 MB, in Hindi. )