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**HedgeYourBets** · 07-08-2006, 08:00 AM

Adhi Sankara is sometimes also said to be an extension of Lord Shiva.his 32 years are supposed to be divided into a period of four 8 yrs in which he got extension of life by 8 years.he is supposed to have mastered sanskrit and vedas when he was 8 years old.

a crocodile caught his leg when he was bathing.only after his mother assured sankara that she would not stand on his way to becoming a sanyasi,did the crocodile release him.thus sankara became a sanyasi and travelled to n.india where he became disciple of gaudapada.

he defeated mandana mishra who was supposed to be a proponent of karma yoga way of reaching God.then,adhi sankara established 4 mutts in different parts of India.he is supposed to travelled length and breadth of India 4 times and this is known as sankara digvijayam.
supposed to have merged into shiva lingam at badrinath.
some others claim he died at kanchipuram.
he has composed a lot of slokas which have been rendered beatutifully by carnatic musicians.Also, lot of bhasyas on upanishads and bhagvat gita have been ascribed to him.

07-08-2006, 08:00 AM	#38
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Adhi Sankara is sometimes also said to be an extension of Lord Shiva.his 32 years are supposed to be divided into a period of four 8 yrs in which he got extension of life by 8 years.he is supposed to have mastered sanskrit and vedas when he was 8 years old. a crocodile caught his leg when he was bathing.only after his mother assured sankara that she would not stand on his way to becoming a sanyasi,did the crocodile release him.thus sankara became a sanyasi and travelled to n.india where he became disciple of gaudapada. he defeated mandana mishra who was supposed to be a proponent of karma yoga way of reaching God.then,adhi sankara established 4 mutts in different parts of India.he is supposed to travelled length and breadth of India 4 times and this is known as sankara digvijayam. supposed to have merged into shiva lingam at badrinath. some others claim he died at kanchipuram. he has composed a lot of slokas which have been rendered beatutifully by carnatic musicians.Also, lot of bhasyas on upanishads and bhagvat gita have been ascribed to him.
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