Vidyāraṇya

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Vidyāraṇya was a 14th-century Advaita Vedanta philosopher, scholar, and spiritual leader associated with the Sringeri Sharada Peetham and influential in the intellectual and political life of South India.

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instanceOf Advaita Vedanta scholar
Hindu philosopher
Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
sannyasi
associatedWith Sringeri Sharada Peetham NERFINISHED
Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED
centuryActive 14th century
countryOfActivity India NERFINISHED
doctrine analysis of states of consciousness
classification of philosophical systems in Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha
identity of Atman and Brahman
importance of renunciation for liberation
fieldOfWork Indian philosophy
Vedanta exegesis
spiritual practice and soteriology
genreOfWriting commentarial and doxographical work
philosophical treatise
honorificTitle Śrī Vidyāraṇya Svāmī NERFINISHED
influenced Advaita Vedanta tradition in South India
intellectual life of South India
political life of South India
influencedBy Adi Shankaracharya NERFINISHED
earlier Advaita Vedantins
knownFor influence on Vijayanagara court (traditional view)
leadership of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
systematic exposition of Advaita Vedanta
languageOfWork Sanskrit
mainInterest liberation while living (jīvanmukti)
non-dualism (Advaita)
systematization of Hindu philosophical schools
notableWork Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka (attributed) NERFINISHED
Jīvanmuktiviveka NERFINISHED
Panchadaśī NERFINISHED
Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha NERFINISHED
Vedāntasāra (attributed) NERFINISHED
occupation author
monastic leader
philosopher
theologian
partOf Śaṅkara monastic tradition
philosophicalSchool Advaita Vedanta NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity South India NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Śṛṅgeri monastic lineage of Śaṅkara NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Hinduism
roleInPolitics advisor to early Vijayanagara rulers (traditional account)
spiritualRole guru
ācārya

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