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Nimbarka is known for propagating the Vaishnava Theology of Dvaitadvaita, duality in unity. According to scholars headed by Prof. Roma Bose, he lived in the 13th Century,〔Prof. Roma Bose, ''Vedanta Parijata Saurabha of Nimbarka and Vedanta Kaustubha of Srinivasa (Commentaries on the Brahma-Sutras) – Doctrines of Nimbarka and his followers'', vol.3, Munishram Manoharlal Publishers, Reprint 2004〕 on the assumption that Śrī Nimbārkāchārya was the author of the work ''Madhvamukhamardana''. According to Nimbārka Sampradāya however, Śrī Nimbārkāchārya appeared over 5000 years ago, in the year 3096 BCE at the time when the grandson of Arjuna was on the throne. He hailed from the present-day Andhra Pradesh, in South India. ==Date== Bhandarkar has placed him as a philosopher after Ramanuja and has maintained his demise date as 1162 AD.〔R.G.Bhandarkar, Vaisnavism, Saivaism and minor Religious system (Indological Book House, Varanasi, India) page 62-63〕 Some hold that he is dated around 13th Century.〔 Deliverance from error and mystical union with the Almighty By Ghazzālī, George F. McLean PG 148〕 However, S.N.Dasgupta〔A History of Indian Philosophy (Vol. 3) by Surendranath Dasgupta, (Cambridge: 1921) page 420 〕 dated Nimbarka to around middle of 14th Century. On the other hand, S A A Rizvi assigns the date of Circa 1130–1200 AD 〔Saiyed A A Rizvi- A history of Sufism in India, Vol.1 (Munshi Ram Manoharlal Publishing Private Limited: 1978), page 355〕 But Jadunath Sinha, has counted him as a 13th-century philosopher,〔Jadunath Sinha-- The Philosophy of Nimbarka, (Sinha Publishing House, Calcutta: 1973) page 2〕 and Tarachand has held him to be a younger contemporary of Ramanuja.〔Tarachand—Influence of Islam on Indian Culture, (Allahabad, 1936) page 102〕 Current scholarship has pointed out that in Bhandarkar's own work it is clearly stated that this was an approximation based on an extremely flimsy calculation, yet most scholars chose to honour his suggested date, even until modern times. Current scholars have demonstrated with a high degree of clarity that Nimbarka and his immediate disciple Shrinivasa flourished well before Ramanuja, and that Shrinivasa was a contemporary, or just after Sankaracarya. This clearly settles the debate, pending an in depth investigation of this already tested hypothesis, that Nimbarka is a contemporary or just before Sankaracarya. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nimbarka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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