Adi Shankaracharya

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Advaita Vedanta philosopher Hindu monk Indian philosopher religious reformer theologian

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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Advaita Vedanta philosopher ⓘ
Hindu monk ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
surface form: Adi Shankara

Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
surface form: Shankara Bhagavatpada

Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
surface form: Shankaracharya
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 self-link ⓘ
influenced Hindu monastic orders ⓘ
Indian religious thought ⓘ
later Vedanta traditions ⓘ
knownFor Brahma Sutras ⓘ
surface form: Brahma Sutra Bhashya

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 Swami ⓘ
surface form: Jagadguru
veneratedIn Hinduism ⓘ
wrote Brahma Sutras ⓘ
surface form: Brahma Sutra Bhashya

Upadesasahasri ⓘ
Adi Shankaracharya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vivekachudamani (traditional attribution)

commentaries on principal Upanishads ⓘ
commentary on the Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
various stotras (hymns) ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Adi Shankara
Adi Shankaracharya → alsoKnownAs → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shankaracharya
Adi Shankaracharya → alsoKnownAs → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shankara Bhagavatpada
Adi Shankaracharya → fullName → Adi Shankaracharya self-link ⓘ
Bhagavad Gita → hasCommentaryBy → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
Smartism → influencedBy → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
Vedanta → majorFigure → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
Sankhya Yoga → textualTradition → Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
this entity surface form: commented on by Adi Shankaracharya
Adi Shankaracharya → wrote → Adi Shankaracharya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivekachudamani (traditional attribution)