Shankara
[ shuhng-ker-uh ]
noun
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/.
- Also Sankara.
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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.
Every swami belongs to the ancient monastic order which was organized in its present form by Shankara.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa YoganandaThis philosophy of monism received its highest expression in the Upanishad commentaries of Shankara.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa YoganandaWe made a pilgrimage to the ancient Srinagar temple of Swami Shankara.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa YoganandaShankara's date is a center of the usual scholastic dispute.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
Yet Shankara, the ancient founder of the Swami Order, disregarded the injunctions.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
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