Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
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The list of Jagadgurus given here, is as taken from the official site of the Sringeri maţhahttp://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/History/guru_parampara.php. The dates refer to the period during which the maţha was governed by that particular guru.
Divine Group
- Lord Sadashiva (सदाशिवः)ShivaShiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
- Lord Narayana (विष्णुः / नारायणः)VishnuVishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
- Lord Brahma (ब्रह्मा)BrahmaBrahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...
Semi-Divine Group
- Vasishta Maharishi
- Shakti Maharishi
- Parashara MaharishiParashara' is a Rigvedic Maharishi and author of many ancient Indian texts. Parāśara was the grandson of Vashista, the son of Śakti Maharṣi, and the father of Vyasa. There are several texts which give reference to Parāśara as an author/speaker...
- Veda VyasaVyasaVyasa is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa , or Krishna Dvaipayana...
- Sri Shuka Acharya
- Sri Gaudapada AcharyaGaudapadaGaudapada was a very early guru in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy...
- Sri Govinda BhagavatpadaGovinda Bhagavatpada.Govinda Bhagavatpada was the Guru of the Advaita philosopher, Adi Shankara. We know little of his life and works, except that he is mentioned in all the traditional accounts as the teacher of Adi Shankara. He was the disciple of Gaudapada . He is mentioned in the first verse of Adi Shankara's...
- Sri Shankara BhagavatpadaAdi ShankaraAdi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...
Jagadgurus
- Sri Shankara BhagavatpadaAdi ShankaraAdi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...
(? - 820) (videha-mukti) - Sri Sureshwaracharya (820-834)
- Sri Nityabodaghana (834-848)
- Sri Jnanaghana (848-910)
- Sri Jnanotthma (910-954 )
- Sri Jnanagiri (954-1038)
- Sri Simhagiri (1038-1098 )
- Sri Ishwara Tirtha (1098-1146)
- Sri Nrusimha Tirtha (1146-1229 )
- Sri Vidya Shankara Tirtha (1229-1333)
- Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha (1333-1380)
- Sri VidyaranyaVidyaranya' is variously known as being a kingmaker, patron saint and high priest to Harihara Raya I and Bukka Raya I, the founders of the Vijayanagar Empire. He was the 12th Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from 1380 to 1386 A.D. He was born to and in in 1268 CE. Another account has it that he...
(1380-1386 ) - Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati I (1386-1389 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati I (1389-1408 )
- Sri Purushotthama Bharati I](1408-1448 )
- Sri Shankara Bharati (1448-1455 )
- Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati II (1455-1464 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati II (1464-1479 )
- Sri Purushotthama Bharati II (1479-1517 )
- Sri Ramachandra Bharati (1517-1560 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati III (1560-1573 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati IV (1573-1576 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati V (1576-1600 )
- Sri Abhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1600-1623 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati ISri Sacchidananda Bharati ISri Sacchidananda Bharati I ,was a prominent Hindu saint and religious leader of the 17th century. He was the supreme pontiff of the Hindu mutt Sringeri Sharadha Peetam from 1623 to 1663...
(1623-1663 ) - Sri Nrusimha Bharati VI (1663-1706 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati II (1706-1741 )
- Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati I (1741-1767)
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati VII (1767-1770 )
- Sri Sacchidananda Bharati IIISri Sacchidananda Bharati IIISri Sacchidananda Bharati III is Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham between 1770 and 1814. His spiritual greatness commanded the veneration of the Muslim and Hindu rulers of Mysore, Peshwa Madhava Rao and Peshwa Bajirao, Mahadji Sinde, Nizam Ali Khan and the governors of the East India...
(1770-1814) - Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati II (1814-1817 )
- Sri Nrusimha Bharati VIIISri Nrusimha Bharati VIIIIn the history of Hinduism, Sri Nrisimha Bharati VIII also known as Sri Vruddha Nrisimha Bharati was the 32nd jagadguru of the religious establishment Sringeri Sharada Peetham in India....
(1817-1879 ) - Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha BharatiSri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharati-Introduction:Sri Nrisimha Bharati VIII was Peethadhipati of Sringeri Matha during the greater part of the 19th century. He was 33rd Sankaracharya of Sringeri Peetha.-Identification as Successor:...
(1879-1912 ) - Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati III (1912-1954 )
- Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha (1954-1989 )
- Sri Bharati Tirtha (1989-Present)
Other titles of the Jagadguru
Some of the other respectful titles given to the Jagadguru include:- Swaminah
- Mahaswami
- Jagadguru Shankaracharya
See also
- Sringeri Sharada PeethamSringeri Sharada PeethamSringeri Sharada Peetham is the southern Advaita Vedanta matha. It is located in Shringeri. It is claimed that it is the first of the four original mathas established by Adi Shankara.-Location:...
- Dashanami SampradayaDashanami SampradayaDashanami Sampradaya is a Hindu monastic tradition of Ekadandisannyasins [1][5][7] generally associated with the Advaita Vedanta tradition...
- Adi ShankaraAdi ShankaraAdi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...
- Shri Gaudapadacharya Mutt
Further reading
- Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham- The official website of Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshninamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri
- Jagadgurus- Contains biographies of the last four Jagadgurus of the Sharda Peetham
- Sri Sachchidananda Bharati - 25th Pontiff at Sringeri- (ENGLISH edition 1967) By R Krishnaswami Iyer (Swami Gnanananda Bharati) - Published by The Akhila Bharata Sankara Seva Samiti, Coimbatore Branch, 1967