The life of the Great Shankaracharya.

Thither are many questions behind the life of the Great Shankaracharya. He was and is said to have been a great avatar. An avatar is a descent, a down-coming (from the verb tri, to cross over, attain, save, with the prefix ava, down; and so ava-tri devolve into, appear, become incarnate). Can humans prove his conception as a divine incarnation, and if so how does it change human existence?

It has been said that Sankara was a divine incarnation of the Lord shivah and also the Lord Surya. Sivarahasya says: Thus, Lord Siva, the blue-necked one, will out of his unlimited grace, undertake a number of Avatars to establish the orthodox traditions, to service the people in the world. This describes Sankaras life quite well because he established an orthodox Hindu tradition, Advaita, that has helped many around the world.

The Saura Purana, which is an great work, which gives many details about the life of Sankara also has the spare-time activity: The Lord Surya himself will take on the form of an Avatar as Sankara writing suitable commentaries on the Vyasa Sutras to spread the meaning of the Vedas. This is also something that Sankara did in his short thirty-two years here on earth. The question is this a prophecy or was it write after Sankara lived?

There is no argument that there is plenty of credential of Sankaras alleged Avatar status, but does this really prove his legitimacy? Sankara himself admitted that the highest lord may when he pleases, assume a material shape formed of maya, in order thereby to fulfil his worshippers. But it seems that he didnt see himself as an Avatar.

There are 12 characteristics of Avatars according to the Hindu tradition. Each one will be compared to Sankaras life to better understand and formulate a...

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