Vidyashamkaratirtha, Vidyashankara-tirtha, Vidyāśaṃkaratīrtha: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Vidyāśaṃkaratīrtha can be transliterated into English as Vidyasamkaratirtha or Vidyashamkaratirtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

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Source: Hindupedia: Later Advaitins

Vidyāśaṃkaratīrtha (विद्याशंकरतीर्थ).—More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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