The Dvaita Vedanta
philosophical tradition, established by the philosopher Madhva (1197–1276), has
three types of creatures.
Madhva's core idea was that God was completely transcendent,
being outside of the earth and human humans.
Since of the gravity of his belief, he emphasized the need
of grace as the only way of salvation, because humans are incapable of saving
themselves.
Madhva categorized the world's creatures into three groups
based on their human capacities: the muktiyogas were predestined for
everlasting freedom, the nityasamsarins were doomed for perpetual
reincarnation, and the tamoyogas were predestined for eternal damnation.
