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Mettupatti Yamunacharya (30 September 1889 – 4 January 1970) was a Writer, Editor, Translator, Gandhian and a Professor of Philosophy at Maharaja College, Mysore., He edited Kannada translations of all of Mahatma Gandhi's works spanning nearly 10,000 pages across eight volumes. He was an authority on the 10th-century saint Ramunajacharya and the Hindu Philosophical school of Vishistadvaita. M. Yamunacharya was awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award (in Education) for his work "Vishistadvaita Darshana" in 1969. Noted Kannada Novelist and Philosopher S. L. Bhyrappa had his tutelage under M. Yamunacharya at Maharaja College, Mysore, in Philosophy. Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar sought and later acknowledged M. Yamunacharya's valuable contributions in bringing forth his book "Dattatreya: The Way and The Goal". Yamunacharya's works on Ramanujacharya and Tarka (Logic) are seminal in Indian Philosophy. He was a student of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, M. Hiriyanna, A. R. Wadia and K. T. Shah at University of Mysore between 1921 – 23.