Adi Shankaracharya

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Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and played a key role in reviving Hinduism through his writings and monastic institutions.

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instanceOf Advaita Vedanta philosopher ⓘ
Hindu monk ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adi Shankara ⓘ
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Shankara Bhagavatpada ⓘ
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Shankaracharya ⓘ
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birthCentury 8th century ⓘ
birthCountry India ⓘ
birthPlace Kalady ⓘ
birthRegion Kerala ⓘ
coreDoctrine non-dualism (Advaita) ⓘ
coreTeaching identity of Atman and Brahman ⓘ
ultimate reality is non-dual Brahman ⓘ
world is ultimately mithya (empirically real but ultimately unreal) ⓘ
emphasized jnana (knowledge) as path to liberation ⓘ
foundedInstitution Dvaraka Sharada Peetham ⓘ
Govardhan Matha, Puri ⓘ
Jyotir Math, Badrinath ⓘ
Sringeri Sharada Peetham ⓘ
fullName Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
influenced Hindu monastic orders ⓘ
Indian religious thought ⓘ
later Vedanta traditions ⓘ
knownFor Brahma Sutra Bhashya ⓘ
linked to: Brahma Sutras

commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi ⓘ
commentaries on the Upanishads ⓘ
commentary on the Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
consolidating Advaita Vedanta doctrine ⓘ
founding monastic institutions (mathas) ⓘ
reviving Hinduism ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalOppositionTo Buddhist schools of his time ⓘ
Mimamsa ritualism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInHinduism revival of Vedic traditions ⓘ
systematization of monastic orders ⓘ
taught moksha is realization of one’s identity with Brahman ⓘ
tradition Smarta tradition ⓘ
veneratedAs Jagadguru ⓘ
linked to: Swami
veneratedIn Hinduism ⓘ
wrote Brahma Sutra Bhashya ⓘ
linked to: Brahma Sutras

Upadesasahasri ⓘ
Vivekachudamani (traditional attribution) ⓘ
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commentaries on principal Upanishads ⓘ
commentary on the Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
various stotras (hymns) ⓘ

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