Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya (IAST: Śaṅkarācārya, Shankara acharya) is a commonly used title of heads of monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, an 8th-century CE reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Krishna.

The popular view among historians is that there were four mathas (religious orders):

  • The Dakshina Moolamnaya matha (main matha) at Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Shringeri, Karnataka.
  • The Uttarāmnāya matha (northern matha) at Jyotir Math in the city of Jyotirmath also known as Joshimath, Uttarakhand.
  • The Pūrvāmnāya matha (eastern matha), or the Govardhana matha at Puri, Odisha.
  • The Paśchimāmnāya matha (western matha), or the Shāradā Pitha at Dwarka, Gujarat.
  • Shankaracharya is also seen as an avatar of Shiva (Shankara). Shankaracharya is responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras.

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