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Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कर, आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkara, Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, lit. 'First Shankaracharya ', [note 2] pronounced [aːdɪ ɕɐŋkɐraːt͡ɕaːrjɐ] ), [note 3] was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher ( acharya ) of ...
Adi Shankara was an Indian philosopher and theologian who expounded the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He renounced the worldly pleasures at a very young age. Shankaracharya amalgamated the ideologies of ancient ‘Advaita Vedanta’ and also explained the basic ideas of Upanishads.
Adi Shankara was a shining spiritual light who illuminated the land of Bharat with teachings that are still as impactful as ever. Sadhguru narrates some spiritually significant stories from his celebrated life.
Adi Shankaracharya with his four disciples - Padmapadacharya, Sureshwaracharya, Hastamalakacharya and Totakacharya. Shankaracharya ( Sanskrit : शङ्कराचार्य , IAST : Śaṅkarācārya , " Shankara - acharya ") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of ...
Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya was the greatest exponent of the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and a savior of Vedic Dharma. Salutations to Adi Shankaracharya, who is an ever shining star on the sky of Indian philosophy.
Jan 15, 2024 · The shankaracharyas head the four Hindu mathas (monasteries) — in Dwarka (Gujarat), Joshimath (Uttarakhand), Puri ( Odisha ), and Sringeri ( Karnataka) — that are believed to have been founded by the eighth-century religious scholar and philosopher Adi Shankara.
Adi Shankaracharya आदि शङ्कराचार्य was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.
Shankara was a philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy, from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived. He wrote commentaries on the Brahma-sutra, the principal Upanishads, and the Bhagavadgita, affirming his belief.
His flowing language, his lucid style, his stern logic, his balanced expression, his fearless exposition, his unshakable faith in the Vedas, and other manifold qualities of his works convey an idea of his greatness that no story can adequately convey.
According to the Shankaracharya mathas, Adi Shankaracharya, or Shankara, was born in 509 BCE in Kerala and he had established the four mathas by 477 BCE. Shankara, as a child, watched a play by a traveling drama company on the life of Nachiketa and his conversations with Yama , the god of death.
