Gaudapada, Gauḍapāda, Gauda-pada: 6 definitions
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Gaudapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismGaudapada (c. 8th century CE) was an early guru in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. He is traditionally said to have been the grand-guru of the great teacher Adi Shankara, one of the most important figures in Hindu philosophy. He is believed to be the founder of Shri Gaudapadacharya Math, and the author or compiler of the Māṇḍukya Kārikā.
Gaudapada wrote or compiled the Māṇḍukya Kārikā, also known as the Gauḍapāda Kārikā and as the Āgama Śāstra.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGauḍapāda (गौडपाद).—Name of a commentator.
Derivable forms: gauḍapādaḥ (गौडपादः).
Gauḍapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gauḍa and pāda (पाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumGauḍapāda (गौडपाद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—read Burnell. 88^b. Cidānandakelivilāsa. read 197^b.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGauḍapāda (गौडपाद):—[=gauḍa-pāda] [from gauḍa] m. Name of a commentator on several Upaniṣads and on [Sāṃkhyakārikā]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Gaudapada acarya, Gaudapadacarya.
Ends with: Gangarama gaudapada.
Full-text (+34): Agamashastra, Alatashanti, Govinda Bhagavatpada, Anutpadyatva, Gangarama gaudapada, Uttaragitabhashya, Alatashantiprakarana, Mandukya Karika, Cidanandakelivilasa, Gangaramasudha, Anutpatti, Apartha, Abhighata, Kamalashila, Abhautika, Upadeshagrantha, Govindanatha, Agamavedin, Vaitathyaprakarana, Shrividyaratnasutra.
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Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.1 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]
Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) (by Asokan N.)
Chapter 3.1 - The Mandukya-karika or Gaudapadiya-karika
Chapter 3 - Advaita In The Mandukya-Karika
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 4 - Vedānta in Gauḍapāda < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 13 - The Theory of Causation < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 3 - Sāṃkhya and Yoga Literature < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Mandukya Upanishad (by Kenneth Jaques)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter VII - The nominal meanings of om < [The om tat sat]
Chapter I - Introduction < [The om tat sat]
Chapter III - The ortheopy or analysis of om < [The om tat sat]