Adi Shankara, also called Adi Shankaracharya, was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher, whose works present a harmonizing reading of the sastras, with liberating knowledge of the self at its core, synthesizing the Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time.
Adi Shankara (8th cent. CE),[note 1] also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkarācāryaḥ, lit. 'First Shankara', [aːdɪ ɕɐŋkɐraːtɕaːrjɐh]),[note 2] was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya),[4] whose works present a harmonizing reading of the sastras, with liberating knowledge of the self at its core, synthesizing the Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time.[5][web 1]
Due to his later fame, over 300 texts are attributed to his name, including commentaries (Bhāṣya), introductory topical expositions (Prakaraṇa grantha) and poetry (Stotra).[6][7] However most of these are likely to be by admirers or pretenders or scholars with an eponymous name.[8][9] Authentic are the Brahmasutrabhasya,[6] his commentaries on ten Mukhya (principal) Upanishads,[6][8] his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita,[10] and the Upadesasahasri.[11][12] The authenticity of Shankara being the author of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi has been questioned.[13][14]
The central postulation of Shankara's writings is the identity of the Self (Ātman) and Brahman,[12][15] defending the liberating knowledge of the Self, taking the Upanishads as an independent means of knowledge, against the ritually-oriented Mīmāṃsā school of Hinduism.[2][16][note 3][note 4] Shankara's Advaita shows influences from Mahayana Buddhism, despite Shankara's critiques;[17][18] and Hindu Vaishnavist opponents have even accused Shankara of being a "crypto-Buddhist,"[19][20][21][note 5] a qualification which is rejected by the Advaita Vedanta tradition, highlighting their respective views on Atman, Anatta and Brahman.[22][note 6]
Shankara has an unparallelled status in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta,[2][23] but his influence on Hindu intellectual thought has been questioned.[24][25][26] Until the 10th century Shankara was overshadowed by his older contemporary Mandana-Misra,[25][27] and there is no mention of him in concurring Hindu, Buddhist or Jain sources until the 11th century.[28] The popular image Shankara started to take shape only in the 14th century, centuries after his death, when Sringeri matha started to receive patronage from the kings of the Vijayanagara Empire[27][29][30][31] and shifted their allegiance from advaitic Agamic Saivism to Brahmanical Advaita orthodoxy.[32] Hagiographies dating from the 14th-17th centuries deified him as a ruler-renunciate, travelling on a digvijaya (conquest of the four quarters)[33][34] across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy, defeating his opponents in theological debates[35][36] These hagiographies portray him as founding four mathas ("monasteries"), and Adi Shankara also came to be regarded as the organiser of the Dashanami monastic order, and the unifier of the Shanmata tradition of worship.
Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti-2022
Adi Shankaracharya was an Indian Guru and philosopher. Know about the date, time and significance on the 1234th birth anniversary of Adi Shankaracharya.
Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti falls on the Panchami Tithi during the Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaishakha. The day is observed to remember the great Indian guru and philosopher Adi Shankara. He was born in Kalady, a place situated in Kerala in 788 C.E. Usually, his birth anniversary falls between April and May. He played a vital role in the revival of Hindu philosophy.
Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti 2022: Adi Shankara, also known as Jagatguru Shankaracharya, continues to be one of the significant religious leaders and philosophers of India
ADI SHANKARACHARYA JAYANTI HISTORY
Adi Shankara was born in Kalady, Kerala during 788 C.E. From the age of 16-32, Shankaracharya travelled across the country and spread the message of the Vedas. The saint passed away at a young age, but his teachings continued to inspire people across generations.
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