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Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya, (Śankarācharya in standard transliteration) is a commonly used name and title of Adi Shankara, or Sankara of Kaladi, an influential theologian of Hinduism. He was given the name Śankara at birth, and ācharya is a title, meaning 'very learned'. Because they claim succession from Adi Shankara, Shankaracharya is used as a title of the head of a matha (typically four are recognized), a type of Hindu religious order or monastery. Originally, four mathas are suppose ...

Shankaracharya: Indian Hindu Dictionary on Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya: title given to the head of each of the four mathas set up by Adi [first] Shankaracharya and their subsidiaries.

(See also: Shankaracharya, Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Shankaracharya: Indian Hindu Dictionary on Shankaracharya, Adi

Shankaracharya, Adi (730-820 AD): the great master of Advaita Vedanta who synthesized the Vedantic teaching with clear commentaries, wrote many scriptural books, as well as composed beautiful devotional hymns; commonly referred to by the name: Shankara. He renovated and established temples and founded mathas in the four directions in India for the preservation of the Vedas.

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Shankaracharya: Senses

Hindu Quotes: Senses

I am not detachment nor salvation,

Nor anything reached by the senses;

I am behold all thought and form.

I am everywhere, and nowhere at all-

I am Consciousness and Bliss.

I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

- Shankaracharya

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Shankaracharya: Secret of Secrets

Hindu Quotes: Secret of Secrets

It is a fool who blames the sun for his own blindness….The scriptures even proclaim aloud: “There is in truth no creation and no destruction; no one is bound, no one is seeking Liberation, no one is on the way to Deliverance. There are none Liberated. This is the absolute truth.” My dear disciple, this, the sum and substance of all the Upanishads, the secret of secrets, is my instruction to you.

- Shankaracharya

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Shankaracharya: Meditation On Sri Shankaracharya - a Hindu Prayer

A Meditation On Sri Shankaracharya - a Hindu Prayer.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - History of Hinduism

Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Hinduism (सनातन धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma, and Vaidika-Dharma) is a worldwide religious tradition that is based on the revealed knowledge of the Veda and the direct descendant of the Vedic religion. It encompasses many religious traditions that widely vary in practice, as well as many diverse sects and philosophies. It is the world's ...

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Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Vidyashankara Tirtha

Vidyashankara Tirtha was a Shankaracharya of Sringeri Mutt. He lived sometime in the 12th century and was a guide to the Founders of the Vijayanagara Empire. Other related archivesShankaracharya, Sringeri Mutt, Vijayanagara Empire

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Abhinava Vidyatirtha

Abhinava Vidyathirtha (born Srinivasan; 1917 – 1989) was the Jagadguru Shankaracharya (ecumenical pontiff) of one of the most important Hindu Advaita Mathas in India, the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham. A "matha" is a seminary and monastary for followers of the Hindu religion. Srinivasan was born in Basavanagudi, Bangalore to Venkatalakshmi Ammal and Rama Sastry on November 13, 1917. The family was an extremely pious Telugu-speaking smartha brahmin family belonging to the Mulukanadu subcaste. Even as a young boy, ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Namboothiri

The Namboothiris (Malayalam :നമ്പൂതിരി)are the Brahmins of Kerala. They adhere to the Advaita philosophy propounded by Sri Adi Shankaracharya and are Smartha's. Indeed, Sri Adi Shankaracharya himself was born into this community. In Malayalam, Namboothiri is Nambu means sacred or trustworthy,thiri means Light. According to some traditions that ascribe, controversially, a non-Indian origin to Indo-Aryans, the Namboothiri's are thought to have migrated from North India, or countries fur ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Bhaja Govindam

Bhaja Govindam is a famous devotional composition in Sanskrit attributed to Adi Shankaracharya. It underscored the view that devotion to God is a vastly important part of general spirituality. Bhaja Govindam - Significance. This timeless composition is a reminder that the author, Adi Shankaracharya, who is often regarded as a stalwart advocate of the Gnana Marga or the "Path of Knowledge" to attain Mukti, yielded to none in appreciating, indeed enjoining the Bhakti Marga or the "Path o ...

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Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born January 12, 1917) is the founder of the TM Movement. He brought Transcendental Meditation to the western world. Maharishi is believed to have been born near Jabalpur, India and graduated from Allahabad University with a degree in physics. He was secretary for thirteen years with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. In 1955, after spending two years in silence in Uttar Kashi, in the Himalayan foothills, he began teaching a basic meditation technique which he later dubbed "Transcende ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Bharati Theertha Swamigal

Shri Bharati Theertha Swamigal is the Jagadguru and Shankaracharya of the Advaitic Sringeri Sharada Peetham. Born in Andhra Pradesh, he became a disciple of Shri Abhinava Vidya Theertha Swamigal and was later appointed as head of the Mutt.The mutt he heads,has a huge following among the Vedic Community. As a child in the mother's womb,he spread halo around her.When he was delivered,people felt that there was something extraordinary about the child.Even as a child,he was proficient in Sanskrit. He was deeply committed to learnin ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (Śaṅkara, Shri Shankaracharya, Adhi Shankaracharya, Ādi Śaṅkarācārya; 'the first Shankara' in his lineage), reverentially called Bhagavatpada Acharya (the teacher at the feet of the Lord) (approximately 8th century, but see below) was the most famous advaita philosopher, who had a profound influence on the growth of Hinduism through his non-dualistic philosophy. He advocated the greatness and importance of the important Hindu scriptures, the Veda (most particularly on the Upanis ...

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Adi Shankara - Life

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Sringeri Sharada Peetham

Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham is one of the important Hindu Advaita maṭhas. The heads of the maṭha are known as Shankaracharyas. It is believed to be one of the original maṭhas started by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Sringeri Sharada Peetham - Location. The maţha is located in the temple town of Sringeri (also spelled as Shringeri), on the banks of river Tunga located in the Chikmagalur district of the Karnataka state, India. It is located 190 km from Mangalore. From Sringeri, the river Tunga flows ...

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Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Shringeri

Sringeri, located in Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka is the site of the fourth matha established by the Adi Sankaracharya, Hindu reformer and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in the 8th century C.E. It is located on the banks of the river Tunga. In a popular legend, Adi Sankaracharya is said to have selected the site when, walking by the Tunga river, he saw a cobra with a raised hood, providing shelter from the hot sun, to a frog about to spawn. Four mathas were eventually established by Sankara, in th ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Kedarnath

Kedarnath is a Hindu holy town located in the Uttaranchal state of India. Kedarnath, where a form of the Lord Shiva is venerated as one of the twelve jyotirling (linga of light), is one of the four sites in India's pilgrimage Char Dham. The most remote of the four Char Dham sites, Kedarnath is located in the Himalayas, about 3584m above sea level near the head of river Mandakini, a ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Brahmananda Saraswati

Brahmananda Saraswati (1870 - 1953) was born into a Brahmin family in the village of Gana, near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, North India. At the age of nine he left home to follow a spiritual path of renunciation. At around the age of 14, in Uttar Kashi, he found his master, Dandi Swami Krishnanand Saraswati. Later, on his masters instructions, he retired to a cave, resolving not to emerge until he had attained enlightenment. In 1902 he was initiated ...

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Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Bodhi tree

The Bodhi tree was a large and very old specimen of the Sacred Fig, located at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya (about 100 km from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar) under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later know as Gautama Buddha, arrived at Bodhi. The Bodhi Tree belongs to the Sacred Figs (Ficus religiosa), also known as Bo, Pipul (Peepal) or Ashwattha trees, which are sacred to Hindus, Jains and Buddhists. According to Buddhist belief, Siddharta Gautama meditat ...

Shankaracharya: Encyclopedia - Smartism

Smartism is a denomination of the Hindu religion. This term is usually used to denote a certain category of Brahmins. Smartas consider the Vedas supreme. The majority of members of Smarta community are followers of Advaita. In practicality, Smarta and Advaita have become almost synonymous because of the prevalence of Advaita philosophy among Smarta Brahmins. But not all believers in Advaita are Smartas. In ancient times, all Brahmins who specialized in the Karma Kanda of the Vedas, and who followed the Vedas and Shastras (both Smriti ...