Shankara:

Shankara ("He who is benevolent"): the eighth-century adept who was the greatest proponent of nondualism (Advaita Vedanta) and whose philosophical school was probably responsible for the decline of Buddhism in India

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Shankara: the great philsopher of non-dualistic Vedanta

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shankara:

the great philsopher of non-dualistic vedanta

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Shankara: an epithet of Lord Shiva; see Shankaracharya, Adi.

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Shankara: Shankaracharya; Adi (the first) Shankaracharya: The great reformer and re-establisher of Vedic Religion in India around 300 B.C. He is the unparalleled exponent of Advaita (Non-Dual) Vedanta. He also reformed the mode of monastic life and founded (or regenerated) the ancient Swami Order.

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Shankara: (Sanskrit) "Conferring happiness;" "propitious." An epithet of Siva.

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Shankara: (Sanskrit) One of Hinduism's most extraordinary monks (788-820) and preeminent guru of the Smarta Sampradaya. Noted for his monistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, his many scriptural commentaries, and formalizing ten orders of sannyasins with pontifical headquarters at strategic points across India. He lived only 32 years, but traveled throughout India and transformed the Hindu world in that time.

See: Dashanami, Shankaracharya pitha, shanmata sthapanacharya, Smarta Sampradaya, Vedanta.

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Shankara: (788-820AD)

Founder of the best-known and most influential school of Vedanta, known as the non-dualist or advaita Vedanta.

He taught that the teachings of the Upanishads was a self-consistent whole, that the ultimate reality id Brahma or the Self, which is pure reality, pure consciousness, and pure bliss, and that the world has come into being from Brahman and is wholy dependent on it. The criteria of reality is immutibility and permanence. The world is called illusion, or maya.

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Sankara:

Sankara (Shankara). Name for Siva.

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Gaudapada: The guru of Shankara's guru, Govindapada.

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Sankara:

Sankara (Shankara). Celebrated philosopher, preceptor of non-dualistic Vedanta. Defeated all religious opponents in debates throughout India.

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Bhavanam: Meditation. "Bhavanam is setting the heart on the Lord Who is designated by Om and brought into the mind by It." (Shankara, Commentary on the Yoga Sutras)

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Upanishads: Books (of varying lengths) of the philosophical teachings of the ancient sages of India on the knowledge of Absolute Reality. The upanishads contain two major themes: (1) the individual self (atman) and the Supreme Self (Paramatman) are one in essence, and (2) the goal of life is the realization/manifestation of this unity, the realization of God (Brahman). There are eleven principal upanishads: Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitaryeya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, and Svetashvatara, all of which were commented on by Shankara, thus setting the seal of authenticity on them.

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