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Keywords: Siva, Vedanta, Advaita, Philosophy, Padma

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A name of Siva; also short for Sankaracharya.

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Auspicious. A name of Siva in his creative character or as chief the Rudras

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The most influential teacher of the impersonal Advaita philosophy in Kali-yuga. According to the Padma Purana, he is an incarnation of Lord Siva sent to earth by Krishna to bewilder the atheistic with distortions of the teachings of Vedanta.

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The foremost exponent of Advaita (n on-dualistic) Vedanta hailing from South India about 8th Century A.D.

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The well known teacher of Vedanta philosophy. Click here for a biography.

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