A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Padmapada
This page describes Padmapada which is located on page 462 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Preceptors of Advaita [by T. M. P. Mahadevan]
Padmapada. PADMAPADA by N. Ramakrishna Sastri Asthana Vidvan, Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Matha Padmapada was one of the favourite disciples of Shri Shankara, the others being Hastamalaka, Totaka and Sureshvara. Towards the close of his career, Shri Shankara conceived the idea of perpetuating the doctrine of Advaita by establishing various Mathas in different comers of India for the propagation of Advaita....
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Padmapada (a.d. 820). Padmapada is universally reputed to be a direct disciple of Shankaracarya, and, since the manner of his own salutation to Shankaracarya confirms this tradition, and since no facts are known that can contradict such a view, it may safely be assumed that he was a younger contemporary of Shankaracarya....
Read full contents: Part 11 - Padmapada (a.d. 820)
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: कपाट-वक्षह् पीनांसह् पद्म-पाद-स्फुरद्-द्युतिह् महा-विभूतिर् भूतेशो बन्ध-मोक्षी समीक्षणह् kapata-vakshah pinamsah padma-pada-sphurad-dyutih maha-vibhutir bhutesho bandha-mokshi samikshanah His chest is a great door (kapata-vaksha), His shoulders are broad (pinamsa), His feet are splendid lotus flowers (padma-pada-sphurad-dyuti), He is very powerful and glorious (maha-vibhuti), He is the master of all living entities (bhutesha), He is the liberator...
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