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[2] [3] Another monastery Kanchi Kamkoti Peeth in south India also derives its establishment and tradition to Adi Shankara, however its heads are called "Acharya" or "Jagadguru" instead of "Shankaracharya". The table below gives an overview of the four main Shankaracharya Amnaya Mathas reputedly founded by Adi Shankara, and their details. [4]
Their Vedantic mantra or Mahavakya is Prajñānam brahma (Consciousness is supreme being) and as per the tradition initiated by Adi Shankara it holds authority over the Rigveda. The head of the matha is called Shankarayacharya, the title derives from Adi Shankara. The deities here are Jagannath and the goddess is Vimala (Bhairavi).
Jyotir Math is the uttaramnaya matha or northern monastery, one of four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the reviver of Vedic Sanatana Dharma. [1] Shankara's four principal disciples, Padma-Pada, Hasta-Malaka, Suresvaracharya and Totakacharya were assigned to these four learning centers in the north, south, east and west of India. [3]
The monk Adi Shankara organised four maṭhas to correspond to the four sites of the Char Dham: the headquarters at Dwarka in the West, Puri in the East, Sringeri Sharada Peetham in the South and Badarikashrama in the North. [10] The table below gives an overview of the four Amnaya Maṭhas founded by Adi Shankara. [11]
The exact dates of birth of Adi Shankaracharya believed by four monasteries are Dvārakā at 491 BCE, [note 8] Jyotirmath at 485 BCE, Jagannatha Puri at 484 BCE and Sringeri at 483 BCE. [42] while according to the Kanchipuram Peetham Adi Shankara was born in Kali 2593 (509 BCE). [43] [note 9]
The founding of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is traditionally attributed by its adherents to Adi Shankara. [2] [a] According to the Kanchi matha's tradition, Adi Shankara was born in 509 BCE and died in 477 BCE, [6] and founded Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 482 BCE. [7]
The table below gives an overview of the four largest Advaita Mathas founded by Adi Shankara, and their details. [ 89 ] [ web 1 ] However, evidence suggests that Shankara established more mathas locally for Vedanta studies and its propagation, states Hartmut Scharfe, such as the "four mathas in the city of Trichur alone, that were headed by ...
Pascimāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pītham or Dwarka Sharada Math, [2] [note 1] is one amongst the four cardinal peethams believed by its followers to be established by Adi Shankara, preserving and propagating Sanatana Dharma and Advaita Vedanta, the doctrine of non-dualism.