Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Dear ram, & nbsp; What is the original name of Gaudapada and where exactly he stayed. Why the name " gaudapada " . & nbsp; S. Rao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Dear Srinivas, You have a knack of asking all controversial questions and sit at the back watching all the fun. Ha ha ha… Well, this is what I know from my parampara. The original name of Gaudapada is Sukhadatta. Father's name is Vishnudeva and Mother's name is Gunavathi. Born at Bhupalagrama village near sukadeva ashrama. Mastered all the vidyas at the year of 5. Went to the Gauda Desa and performed penance in the cave. This same cave is now known as " Gaudapada Guha " . Met Jishnudeva (probably the son of Dipakanathacharya ?) in the cave and got initiated in the secrets of Yoga and Srividya. Performed penance and got mantra siddhi in the same cave. Hence, the caves are known to be Gaudapadaguha. Now, whether this Gaudapada is the paramaguru of Sankara Bhagavatpada or not is a debatable issue. Again there are 2 gaudapadas and authorship of Subhagodaya Stuthi is also Gaudapada, paramaguru of Sankara. With regards, Sriram , Srinivas Rao <srinivasrao197080 wrote: > > Dear ram, > & nbsp; > What is the original name of Gaudapada and where exactly he stayed. Why the name " gaudapada " . > & nbsp; > S. Rao > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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