Gaudapadacharya, the guru of Govinda Bhagavadpada, the grand guru of Adi Shankara and the first historical proponent of Advaita Vedanta, also believed to be the founder of Shri Gaudapadacharya Math
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Govinda Bhagavatpada (IAST Govinda Bhagavatpāda) was the guru of the Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara.[1] Little is known of his life and works, except that he is mentioned in all the traditional accounts (Shankara Vijayams) as the teacher of Adi Shankara. He was the disciple of Gaudapada (IAST Gauḍapāda).[2] He is mentioned in the first verse of Adi Shankara's prakaraṇa grantha (treatise) Viveka Chudamani. He is named after Gaudapada in the Guru Parampara (lineage) of Sringeri Sharada Peetham.[2] He is considered to be an incarnation of Shesha.
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Govindapada Gaudapadacharya, the guru of Govinda Bhagavadpada, the grand guru of Adi Shankara and the first historical proponent of Advaita Vedanta, also...
asked him, "Who are you?" The boy answered with these stanzas, and Swami Govindapada accepted Ādi Śaṅkara as his disciple. The verses are said to be valued...
as what happened later. Several texts suggest Shankara schooling with Govindapada happened along the river Narmada in Omkareshwar, a few place it along...
(c. 6th century CE), was the teacher or a more distant predecessor of Govindapada, the teacher of Adi Shankara. Shankara is widely considered as the apostle...
Vedanta. He is believed to have first sung the hymn when he met his guru, Govindapada. In the hymn, Adi Shankara states that the nature of the self is identical...
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