Shankaracharya
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thumb|alt=Adi shankara| Adi Shankaracharya with his four disciples - Padmapadacharya, [[Sureshwaracharya, Hastamalakacharya and Totakacharya.]]
Shankaracharya (, , "Shankara-acharya") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The title derives from Adi Shankara; teachers from the successive line of teachers retrospectively dated back to him are known as Shankaracharyas.
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