SANKARA BHAGAVATPADA
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Adi Sankara Period
Sri Adi Sankara 482 B.C - Indian Scholars.
Sankara was born in 778 A.D., and died in 820 A.D. - Western Scholars
Adi Sankara was born in Kaladi in Malabar to Siva Guru and Aryamba. At an early age he lost his father. He was precocious child who could pick up easily anything that came to his notice.
Initiation into sanyas: Adi Sankara leaves Mother
One day while having his bath in the river, a crocodile caught his feet and he was saved from an untimely death by adopting the Sannyasa order and thereby attaining as it were a new life. He travelled all over the country and found his master in Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada on the banks of the river Narmada.
Works of Adi Sankara
Bhagwadpad Adisankara wrote classic commentaries on the Brahma-sutra, the Gita, and the Upanishads, and such general works as the ‘Viveka-chudamani’, the ‘Upadesasahasri’, etc
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