Conquering the World, Subduing the Minds: Śaṅkara’s digvijaya in the Local Context

Most of Śaṅkara’s hagiographies feature his conquer of the quarters (digvijaya) as their dominant topos. During his all-India conquest, Śaṅkara was said to have traveled along with his disciples to the four corners of the Indian Peninsula. He is supposed to have established four vidyāpīṭhas (seats...

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Autor principal:	Olga Nowicka
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Kerala Trichur Nambudiri Brahmins Śaṅkara Advaita Vedānta monastic institution Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4b281e37aa63499a9e30c119712a56432021-11-27T12:53:32ZConquering the World, Subduing the Minds: Śaṅkara’s digvijaya in the Local Context10.12797/CIS.18.2016.18.071732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/4b281e37aa63499a9e30c119712a56432021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1568https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Most of Śaṅkara’s hagiographies feature his conquer of the quarters (digvijaya) as their dominant topos. During his all-India conquest, Śaṅkara was said to have traveled along with his disciples to the four corners of the Indian Peninsula. He is supposed to have established four vidyāpīṭhas (seats of learning). However, alternation to this popular account remains in circulation in Kerala. According to the local hagiographic tradition, Śaṅkara founded four Advaita Vedānta maṭhas in the city of Trichur only. These were Vadakke Maṭham (“Northern Maṭha”), Naduvil Maṭham (“Middle Maṭha”), Edayil Maṭham (“Maṭha In-between”) and Thekke Maṭham (“Southern Maṭha”). Subsequently, he attained samādhi in the Vadakkunnathan Temple situated nearby. Three of the above mentioned monasteries have survived until today. All those institutions were built in one city, next to each other, just a few hundred meters away from the Vadakkunnathan Temple. The physical space of Trichur was rearranged in order to actualize the ideological concept which gave it a symbolic meaning. Thus, the legendary map of Śaṅkara’s life became recreated and inscribed in the geographic location of Trichur. Olga NowickaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleKeralaTrichurNambudiri BrahminsŚaṅkaraAdvaita Vedāntamonastic institutionIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 18 (2021)
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description	Most of Śaṅkara’s hagiographies feature his conquer of the quarters (digvijaya) as their dominant topos. During his all-India conquest, Śaṅkara was said to have traveled along with his disciples to the four corners of the Indian Peninsula. He is supposed to have established four vidyāpīṭhas (seats of learning). However, alternation to this popular account remains in circulation in Kerala. According to the local hagiographic tradition, Śaṅkara founded four Advaita Vedānta maṭhas in the city of Trichur only. These were Vadakke Maṭham (“Northern Maṭha”), Naduvil Maṭham (“Middle Maṭha”), Edayil Maṭham (“Maṭha In-between”) and Thekke Maṭham (“Southern Maṭha”). Subsequently, he attained samādhi in the Vadakkunnathan Temple situated nearby. Three of the above mentioned monasteries have survived until today. All those institutions were built in one city, next to each other, just a few hundred meters away from the Vadakkunnathan Temple. The physical space of Trichur was rearranged in order to actualize the ideological concept which gave it a symbolic meaning. Thus, the legendary map of Śaṅkara’s life became recreated and inscribed in the geographic location of Trichur.
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Conquering the World, Subduing the Minds: Śaṅkara’s digvijaya in the Local Context

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