 Madhvacharya taught complete devotion to the Hindu god Vishnu , emphasising <unk> or the " path of knowledge " , and insisted that the path of devotion " can help a soul to attain elevation " ( <unk> ) . He was however willing to accept devotion to other Hindu deities as well . He wrote 37 works in Sanskrit including <unk> Sutra ( in which his devotion to the god Vishnu found full expression ) , <unk> <unk> , <unk> Tatparya Nirnaya , Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya , Bhagavata Tatparya Nirnaya , <unk> <unk> and Vishnu <unk> Nirnaya . To propagate his teachings he established eight monasteries near Udupi , the <unk> monastery , and the <unk> monastery in <unk> ( in modern Andhra Pradesh ) and <unk> ( near modern Mysore ) . 
