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Shankaracharya

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Shankaracharya [ˈʃʌŋkərɑːˈtʃɑːrjə], Shankara [ˈʃʌŋkərə]
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(Biographies / Shankaracharya (9th century-9th century) M, Indian, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, EDUCATION: teacher) 9th century ad, Hindu philosopher and teacher; chief exponent of Vedanta philosophy


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Addressing a conference on 'Global Warming and Nuclear Disarmament' in the national capital, Swami Jayendra Saraswathi, the Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt and Hazrat Maulana Imam Umair Ahmed Ilyasi, President of the All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques, highlighted the ill effects of nuclear armaments.
Last November, the UP ATS arrested Dayanand Pandey alias Amritanand Dev Teerth, 40, a self- proclaimed Shankaracharya of Jammu and Kashmir, for his involvement in the Malegaon blasts.
As it turned out, the book by the late Bharati Krishna Tirtha, the 143rd Shankaracharya of Puri, got him so completely hooked that he became a full-time Vedic mathematician.
 
 
 
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