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{{Short description|Vaishnava saint}}
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[[File:Sri Lakshmipathi Teertharu.jpg|thumb|Vrindavana(consecrated final resting tomb) of Lakshmipathi tirtha at Sriranga kshetra]]
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name               = Shri Lakshmipati Tīrtha Shrīpādaru
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| religion           = [[Hinduism]]
| order              = [[Sanyasa]]
| guru               = [[Vyasatirtha]]
| philosophy         = [[Tattvavada]]
| disciples          = [[Madhavendra Puri]]
| successor          = Śrī Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa Tīrtha
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'''Lakshmipati Tirtha''' (1420–1487) was a [[Vaishnava]] saint, belonging to [[Dvaita_Vedanta|Madhva Sampradaya]]. He was a disciple of [[Vyasatirtha]] a proponent of [[Dvaita]] Philosopher, who gave him the name Lakshmipati Tirtha upon [[initiation]]. 

One of the important vaishnavait of Brij area during the time of [[Vallabha|Vallabhacharya]] and [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], [[Madhavendra Puri]] was very likely initiated by Lakshmipati Tirtha. 

Lakshmipati Tirtha is also credited as being the [[guru|spiritual master]] of [[Nityananda]] Prabhu, although [[Madhavendra Puri]] is often given this title in other versions. The founder of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] movement, [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] writes in his commentary on [[Chaitanya Charitamrita]] (Madhya-lila 8.128): "Sri Nityananda Prabhu was initiated by Madhavendra Puri, an ekadanda [[sannyasi]]. According to others, however, He was initiated by Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha." 

In his work, ''Teachings of Lord Caitanya'', Bhaktivedanta Swami writes (Chapter 31): 
"Similarly, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Ācārya also accepted a sannyāsī as their spiritual master, namely, Mādhavendra Purī, who was a disciple of Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha."

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[[Category:Indian Hindu saints]]
[[Category:Gaudiya religious leaders]]
[[Category:1420 births]]
[[Category:1487 deaths]]
[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]

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