Gaudapada, Gauḍapāda, Gauda-pada: 6 definitions

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In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

[«previous next»] — Gaudapada in Hinduism glossary
Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Gaudapada (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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gaudapada in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gauḍapāda (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 Catalogorum

Gauḍapāda (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 Dictionary

Gauḍapāda (गौडपाद):—[=gauḍa-pāda] [from gauḍa] m. Name of a commentator on several Upaniṣads and on [Sāṃkhyakārikā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Gaudapada in German

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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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