![]() In that village there lived a brāhmaņa, Prabhākara, who was noted for his learning. There was also a temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati. That place was inhabited by about two thousand brāhmaņas who were learned in the Vedas and performed the Yajnas prescribed in the Vedas. On such an occasion he visited a village called Śrī Bali (present day Shivalli), where every house was said to emit the holy smell of the smoke of Agnihotra sacrifice, to accept Bhikşa. The Mādhavīya Śaṃkaravijayam states that when Adi Shankara was at Kollur, he accepted invitations by brāhmaņas to have Bhikşa ( alms or food) at their houses. Hastamalaka founded a matha by name Idayil Matham in Thrissur, Kerala. He was made the first Jagadguru ( head) of the Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ, the monastery founded by Adi Shankara in Dwaraka. 8th century CE) was a disciple of Adi Shankara, the Advaita philosopher. Hastamalakacharya (IAST Hastāmalakācārya) (c. Whether this Maņdana Miśra was the same as the author of Brahmasiddhi is questioned by modern scholars, on the basis of textual analysis. After being defeated in debate by Śankara, Miśra renounced his life as a householder, and became a sannyāsin. According to a strong tradition within Advaita Vedānta, before he became a disciple of Śankara, Sureśvara was known as Maņdana Miśra, a Mīmāmsāka. Little is known for sure about Sureśvara’s life. ![]() Suresvara is believed to have founded the famous Naduvil Matham in Thrissur… Śankara is said to have entrusted to Sureśvara his first monastic institution, the Sringeri Sharada Peetham. ![]() 750 CE) was an Indian philosopher, who studied under Śankara. Sureśvara (also known as Sureśvarācārya, c. Keralites believe that he was a Nambuthiri belonging to Vemannillom, though according to textual sources he was from the Chola region in South India. He is believed to have founded a math by name Thekke Matham in Thrissur, Kerala. Padmapada was the first head of Puri Govardhana matha. What is known for certain is that he was a direct disciple of Shankara, of whom he was a younger contemporary. Padmapāda’s dates are unknown, but modern scholarship places his life around the middle of the 8th century similarly information about him comes mainly from hagiographies. 8th century CE) was an Indian philosopher, a follower of Adi Shankara. Prajñānam brahma ( Consciousness is Brahman) He chose four directions to found the Mutts. Those who know a little of Sanskrit and Hinduism would know what an Intellectual Giant Adi Shankaracharya was.īut not many know the logic that has gone behind his establishing the four Mutts.
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