Totakacharya, Toṭakāchārya: 1 definition
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Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: archive.org: Preceptors of AdvaitaAccording to tradition, Toṭakāchārya, whose original name was Giri was the aṃśa of Agni, while Hastāmalaka and Padmapāda were the incarnations of Vāyu and Śrī Nārāyaṇa.
Unfortunately not much is known about the life of these great disciples, except what tradition has cared to preserve. But in the case of Śrī Toṭaka even tradition seems to be silent; for, what we know about this Āchārya is very little, though he exemplified in his life the spirit of service and dedication to his Guru, even at the expense of knowledge.
It is clear that the composition of this work in Toṭaka metre earned for him the name of Toṭakāchārya.
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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Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
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