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Shankara  

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  • The Indian philosopher, theologian, and mystic Shankara, also called Shankaracharya and Adishankaracharya, is acknowledged as the greatest thinker in the Hindu school of religious thought of Advaita Vedanta. Hardly anything is known about his life except for hagiographic matters; neither his date of birth nor the date of his death is known, but common suggestions are either ca. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Shankara (ca. 700–750 ce or 788–820 ce)]

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