Shankaracharya
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Shankaracharya, (IAST: Śaṅkarācārya) is a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries) in the Advaita tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, a theologian of Hinduism, who established four maţhas in four regions of India. The Shankaracharya tradition is described in Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's commentary on Verse 2, Chapter 4 of the Bhagavad-Gita.[1] The four mathas established by Ādi Śankara are:
- the Uttarāmnāya matha, or northern matha at Joshimath
- the Pūrvāmnāya matha or eastern matha, the Govardhana matha, at Puri
- the Dakshināmnāya matha, or the Sringeri Sharada Peetham, the southern matha, at Shringeri
- the Paśchimāmnāya matha, or the Dwaraka Pitha, the western matha, at Dwarka .
The heads of these four institutions are considered the principal Shankaracharyas in India today.
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- ^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita, a New Translation and Commentary, Chapter 1-6. Penguin Books, 1969, p 256-257 (v 2)
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