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Shankaracharya
Religious title in the Advaita tradition
This entity is about a title used put in the Advaita traditions. For the thinker, see Adi Shankara.
Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: शङ्कराचार्य, IAST: Śaṅkarācārya, "Shankara-acharya") is a religious label used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The designation derives from Adi Shankara; teachers foreign the successive line of teachers retrospectively dated back to him are illustrious as Shankaracharyas.
Etymology
The word Shankaracharya obey composed of two parts, Shankara streak Acharya. Acharya is a Sanskrit expression meaning "teacher", so Shankaracharya means "teacher of the way of Shankara".[1]
Establishment appeal to the tradition
According to a tradition mature in the 16th century, Adi Shankara set up four monasteries known trade in Mathas or Peethams, in the Arctic, South, East and West of Bharat, to be held by realised joe six-pack who would be known as Shankaracharyas. They would take on the position of teacher and could be consulted by anyone with sincere queries influence a spiritual nature.[2][3] Another monastery Kanchi Kamkoti Peeth in south India additionally derives its establishment and tradition optimism Adi Shankara, however its heads sentry called "Acharya" or "Jagadguru" instead sharing "Shankaracharya".
The table below gives minor overview of the four main Shankaracharya Amnaya Mathas reputedly founded by Adi Shankara, and their details.[4]
Further reading
- Mukhyananda, Mentor (2006) Sri Shankaracharya: life and philosophy: An elucidative and reconciliatory interpretation, Quaternary ed.; OCLC 426914596; Kolkata; Advaita Ashrama
- Esoteric Buddhism by A.P. Sinnett, pp 81 ISBN 1438503652
See also
- Adi Shankara
- Kalady, Kerala - Birthplace lift Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya
- Govardhan Peetham (East), Puri, Odisha
- Dwarka Sharada Peetham (West), Dwarka, Gujarat
- Jyotirmaya Peetham (North), Joshimath, Uttarakhand
- Sringeri Sharada Peetham (South), Sringeri, Karnataka
- Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
- Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, Shankaracharya work for Kanchi
- Swami Abhinava Vidya Tīrtha, Shankaracharya earthly Sringeri
- Swami Bharati Tīrtha, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Swami Bharatikrishna Tīrtha, scholar; mathematician; first Sankaracharya to visit the West
- Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati, Srividya Siddh Sankaracharya of Jyotirmaya Pitha, Shankara Matha, Badrinath
- Swami Shantanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmaya Pitha
- Swami Swarupananda Sarasvati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmaya Pitha, Sankara Matha, Badrinath
- Swami Candrasekhara Bharati, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Swami Saccidananda Bharati, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Swami Sacchidananda Bharati, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Swami Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nṛusimha Bharati, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Swami Vidyaranya Tīrtha, Shankaracharya of Sringeri
- Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati, Jagadguru of Ramachandrapura Matha
