Tag Adi Shankaracharya

Date Of Shankaracharya Born In Chidambaram

This makes it difficult to date them precisely as they have lived at different points of time.

Shankaracharya' Guru Govinda Bhagavadpada, one study claims lived during the period of Vikramaditya as there are two Vikramadityas,one of the

Maurya and another of the Chalukya dynasty.

The first one lived around 4th Century CE, while the latter in (Vikramaditya II )(733–746 CE)

2.The internal evidence of Shankaracharya's works do not provide many a clue,exception being the one about Thirugnana Sambhandar, who, it is

agreed, is addressed by Shankaracharya as 'Dravida Sisu' in his Sounday

There is controversy over the Birth date of Adi Shankaracharya.

While some date it BC other date it AD, corresponding to middle ages.

I shall be posting a detailed article on this.

Meanwhile based on Madhvacharya's Sankara Vijayas Anandagiri's Chidvilasa, Punyasloka Manjari and the Guru Parampara (succession of different

persons who acted as the head preceptors of Sankara Mutts) list preserved in the Sringeri Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Mutt, the date of birth of Adi

Shankaracharya was fixed by the venerable astrologer Sri B.V.Raman.