Shankara

[ shuhng-ker-uh ]

noun
  1. a.d. 789?–821?, Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.

  • Also called Shan·ka·ra·char·ya [shuhng-ker-uh-chahr-yuh]. /ˈʃʌŋ kər əˈtʃɑr yə/.

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How to use Shankara in a sentence

  • Maugham once confided to Christopher Isherwood his unrealized wish, when he turned seventy, to return to India and study Shankara.

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  • Every swami belongs to the ancient monastic order which was organized in its present form by Shankara.

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  • This philosophy of monism received its highest expression in the Upanishad commentaries of Shankara.

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  • We made a pilgrimage to the ancient Srinagar temple of Swami Shankara.

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  • Shankara's date is a center of the usual scholastic dispute.

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  • Yet Shankara, the ancient founder of the Swami Order, disregarded the injunctions.

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