Guest guest Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 It has been suggested to me that he who is known as Aadi-Shankaracharya appeared about 100 BC and established 4 principle matts yet is different to he who appeared around 800 AD and expounded Advaita-vaad. Any comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Pujya Bhakti Vikasa Maharaj Hare Krishna. Please accept my hymble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The contention that Adi Sankaracharya was born before B.C is given credibility due to the records of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha. They substantiate their claim from the fact that Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha has records of the mathadhipatis till before B.C (Stephen Knapp has also spoken about this in his book). The other 4 mathas do not accept this view, nor do they accept that Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha is a bonafide peetha establshed by Sripada Adi Sankaracharya. They say that the Kanchi peetha was actually a local peetha at Kumbakonam which was later shifted to kanchipuram. Based on Kanchi peetha's records, there was another acharya whose name was also Sankara (some call him Abhinava Sankara) who lived around 800 A.D. Sringeri is the only peetha which has an unbroken succesion of acharyas. Their records have acharyas from around 800 A.D. There is a book written on this controversy too. Hope this helps. Please correct me if the facts presented are incorrect. Aspiring to be your servant k.n.sriram [MODERATOR NOTE: MESSAGE EDITED TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS TEXT. PLEASE REMEMBER TO DELETE EXCESS QUOTED TEXT] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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