Shamkarananda, Śaṃkarānanda, Shankarananda: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śaṃkarānanda can be transliterated into English as Samkarananda or Shamkarananda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Shamkarananda in Vedanta glossary
Source: Hindupedia: Later Advaitins

Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikās (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shamkarananda in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śaṅkarānanda (शङ्करानन्द) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Vāñcheśa and Veṅkaṭāmbā, pupil of Ānandātman, guru of Sāyaṇa (Oxf. 222^a): Ātmapurāṇa or Upaniṣadratna, the substance of a number of Upaniṣads, in verse. He wrote dīpikās on the following Upaniṣads: Atharvaśikhā, Atharvaśiras, Atharvaśīrṣa, Amṛtanāda, Amṛtabindu, Āruṇī, Īśāvāsya, Aitareya, Kāṭhaka, Keneṣita, Kaivalya, Kauṣītaka, Garbha, Chāndogya, Jābāla, Taittirīya, Nārāyaṇa, Nṛsiṃhatāpanīya, Paramahaṃsa, Praśna, Brahman, Brahmavallī, Mahopaniṣad, Māṇḍūkya, Muṇḍaka, Śvetāśvatara, Haṃsa. Bhagavadgītātātparyabodhinī. Yatyanuṣṭhānapaddhati. Śivasahasranāmaṭīkā. Sarvapurāṇasāra.

2) Śaṅkarānanda (शङ्करानन्द):—Brahmasūtradīpikā.

3) Śaṅkarānanda (शङ्करानन्द):—pupil of Ānandātman: Vivekasāra, vedānta.

4) Śaṅkarānanda (शङ्करानन्द):—the author of the Dīpikāḥ on Upaniṣads, preceded Nārāyaṇa, who frequently quotes him.

5) Śaṅkarānanda (शङ्करानन्द):—Śrutigītāṭīkā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaṃkarānanda (शंकरानन्द):—[from śaṃkara > śam] m. Name of a philosopher (son of Vāñcheśa and Veṅkaṭāmbā, pupil of Ānandātman and guru of Sāyaṇa; author of the Ātma-purāṇa or Upaniṣad-ratna, containing the substance of a number of Upaniṣads in verse; and of many Commentaries on Upaniṣads and similar works.)

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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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