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Ādi Shankara

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Ādi Shankara

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Also known as Adi Sankarachaarya, Sankaracarya, Aryamba antharjanam, Sankara bhagavatpāda, Śankara, Shankara, Śaṅkarācārya, Sankara

8th-century Hindu philosopher and theologian- Restorer of “Dashanami Sampradaya”.

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Ādi Shankara was a male person born in 788 and died in 820. He is associated with the area of Montpellier. His literary output includes 557 works, with notable titles such as *Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi Śrīmatsureśvarācāryaviraciatam Sambandhavārtikam*, *Vakyavritti and Atmajnanopadeshavidhi of Sri Sankaracharya*, *Vivekachudamani of Sri Sankar acharya*, *'You are the supreme light'*, *Ānandagiriṭīkāghaṭita Muṇḍaka*, *Praśna Upanishad*, and *Śāṅkarabhāshyānuvāda*.

The subject is referenced by 2,006 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Works
557

Top works

  • Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi Śrīmatsureśvarācāryaviraciatam Sambandhavārtikam
  • Vakyavritti and Atmajnanopadeshavidhi of Sri Sankaracharya
  • Vivekachudamani of Sri Sankar acharya
  • 'You are the supreme light'
  • Ānandagiriṭīkāghaṭita Muṇḍaka, Praśna Upanishad, Śāṅkarabhāshyānuvāda

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Montpellier

Discography

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    · 2020 · cited 5,341x

  2. The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues

    · 2020 · cited 625x

  3. Endohedral fullerenes for organic photovoltaic devices

    · 2009 · cited 601x

  4. A Quantitative Proteome Map of the Human Body

    · 2020 · cited 470x

  5. Determinants of telomere length across human tissues

    · 2020 · cited 452x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Kalady
Place of death
Kedarnath
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Marathi
Religion
Advaita Vedanta
Student of
Govinda Bhagavatpada
Field of work
philosophy
Image
Raja Ravi Varma - Sankaracharya.jpg
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Adi Shankara
date of birth
0788-00-00
name in native language
आदि शङ्कर
date of death
0820-00-00
writing language
Sanskrit
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P13311
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Encyclopedic overview

Major texts

Śruti

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