![]() ![]() Shankara represented his works as elaborating on ideas found in the Upanishads, and he wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon (Brahma Sutra, principal upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) in support of his thesis. He also established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the Mimamsa school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. His works in Sanskrit concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of advaita (nondualism). Adi Shankara is believed to be the organizer of the Dashanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship. He is reputed to have founded four mathas ("monasteries"), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta of which he is known as the greatest revivalist. Shankara travelled across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. ![]() His teachings are based on the unity of the ātman and brahman- non-dual brahman, in which brahman is viewed as nirguna brahman, brahman without attributes. Adi Shankara (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्करः Ādi Śaṅkara), also known as Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya was an Indian sage from Kalady in present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta. ![]()
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